Lucknow/Shamli: Army Medical Corps (AMC) jawan Yogendra Rana, aged 30, died after receiving an electric shock while on duty in the Lucknow Cantonment area early on Thursday, 5 November 2026. He was a resident of Kaidi (also referred to as KD) village under Babri police station in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, and the son of Ajay Rana.
According to reports, Rana was posted with the Adam Battalion in Lucknow. Around 4 a.m. on Thursday, he was engaged in Diwali decoration work when his hand came into contact with the live wire of a jhalar (decorative string lights) near an iron angle. He suffered a severe electric shock, collapsed, and was later discovered by personnel at the site. Senior officers were informed, and he was rushed to Command Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Rana had joined the Indian Army in 2019 and was married in 2020. He is survived by his wife Shikha and two young children a four-year-old daughter, Aaradhya, and a two-year-old son, Abhimanyu. Shikha fainted upon learning of her husband’s death. Colleagues noted that he had been awarded a Service Medal the previous year in recognition of his outstanding work.
The news triggered widespread mourning in his native village. His mortal remains reached Kaidi village on Friday evening, where grieving relatives and villagers gathered. His younger brother Ashutosh stated that the last rites would be performed with full military honours on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at the riverside cremation ground in the village.
As per Station Officer (Cantt) Gurpreet Kaur, the family has not filed any police complaint regarding the incident. No further official details on the circumstances or any inquiry have been released at this stage.
The untimely death of the young AMC jawan has left his family, particularly his wife and two small children, in deep distress.
