July 25: The death toll in electrocution has climbed to 29 in Assam with the death of three more persons, including an employee of the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL), today.

Toufic Rahman Islam, 35, the APDCL employee, died on the premises of GMCH where he was trying to repair an electric connection around 7 this evening.

"The person had come to repair an electric connection and climbed up an electric pole. He was electrocuted and fell down. He was rushed to GMCH's emergency ward. Doctors declared him brought dead," GMCH superintendent Ramen Talukdar told The Telegraph.

In Upper Assam's Golaghat district, two persons - Hakim Mansuri and Sanu Limbo - were electrocuted in the wee hours today after they accidentally came in contact with transmission lines on National Highway 39 at Juria Dolong.

Rajib Gohain, officer in-charge of Bogijan police station, said: "A patrolling team found a truck loaded with rice parked near the highway at Juria Dolong around 3 this morning and found two bodies near the vehicle. On investigation, it was found that the victims, the driver and helper of the truck, had climbed on top of the truck to open the knots of the tarpaulin and accidentally came in contact with the overhead transmission wires and got electrocuted."

Police arrested three persons for allegedly conspiring with the victims to steal rice from the truck when the incident took place. The rice was being transported from an FCI depot.

Another person died of electrocution at Chakalating tea estate on the outskirts of Jorhat last night. The victim has been identified as Subhas Maji , 45, a daily wage earner.