Norwich ex-pub landlord electrocuted on holiday in India

A "dearly loved" erstwhile pub landlord died instantly aft being electrocuted portion connected vacation successful India, his household person said.

Ivan Brown, who ran pubs crossed Norwich, fell and grabbed a unrecorded electrical ligament portion taking a representation successful the municipality of Dalhousie connected Sunday.

His girl Natalie Brown said his decease would permission "a monolithic spread successful everyone's life".

The household has been told constabulary are investigating wherefore the ligament was live.

Mr Brown, 71, was six weeks into an eight-week travel with his person David Linder astatine the time.

The brace had been sending photos and stories backmost to household and friends successful the UK documenting the "fantastic time" they were having, Ms Brown said.

She told the BBC: "He was precise into photography and helium was taking a photograph of the Himalayas and arsenic helium stepped backwards we deliberation helium fell, helium grabbed a unrecorded ligament beside him which shouldn't person been live.

"We've had accusation from constabulary and the embassy of a fewer incidents astatine this place."

The father-of-three had been landlord of pubs including The Murderers, The Eagle and The Jubilee successful Norwich. He and Mr Linder became friends erstwhile Mr Brown sold him The Eagle.

Ms Brown said: "He was a precise well-known quality astir Norwich and loved my many.

"He helped galore radical successful truthful galore ways. It's a large nonaccomplishment to the full of Norwich and arsenic a household we are each distraught and devastated.

"And this should ne'er person happened; helium should beryllium coming location to us. We loved him dearly".

She said travelling was a "huge passion" of Mr Brown's, and that helium loved "anything adventurous".

He besides loved sportfishing and golf, his household said.

His woman Jackie, Ms Brown and her siblings Doug and Danielle, person been inundated with hundreds of telephone calls, visitors and messages from the section assemblage and crossed the world, including South Africa, wherever the mates had a home.

"He was loved by everyone. He's near a monolithic spread successful everyone's life; we haven't stopped having radical travel around," Ms Brown said.

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: "We are supporting the household of a British antheral who has died successful India and are successful interaction with the section authorities."

Local constabulary person besides been contacted for comment.