BENGALURU: A stunt artist was electrocuted while performing a stunt for a Kannada movie near a high tension wire in Ramanagara district. He has been identified as Vivek (35).

Director Sankar, stunt director Vinod and producer Dehspande have been detained for questioning in connection with the incident.

Vivek was performing the stunt for the film Love you Rachchu starring Ajay Rao and Rachitha Ram and standing on a crane near an 11-KV electric wire at Joganapalya village in the district. Somehow a metal wire came in contact with the wire and he got electrocuted, police said, adding he was rushed to the Rajarajeshwari Medical College and Hospital in Bengaluru where the doctors declared him brought dead. Two others sustained injuries.

In 2016, two actors performing stunts drowned after jumping from a helicopter while shooting for a movie Mastigudi at Tippagondanahalli on the city outskirts.