Five electrocuted in 24 hours

A case of causing death due to negligence has been registered against BSES and the case is under investigation.

Rahul was a student of the Industrial Training Institute,Pusa Road. His father,Kamal Bahadur,has a automobile parts shop in the area.

In the second incident,Rajkumar (13) died when he touched a high tension wire in Kondli area in East Delhi Sunday morning. Rajkumar was flying a kite when it entangled in an electric wire,said an officer. Several high tension wires are hanging close to the roofs of houses in the area.

In another incident,a manager in an exports company died when he came in contact with an uncovered electric wire in Neb Sarai,South Delhi. “Anand Vijay (40) was carrying water in buckets from a DJB tanker to his third-floor house. He did not notice that a live wire was hanging on the stairs and touched it accidentally,” said an officer.

In the fourth incident,Sajid Alam (32),who worked with a small eating stall,died as he got electrocuted with a mixer grinder in RK Puram Sector 6 on Saturday evening.

In the last incident,Suman (30) died when she came in contact with an uncovered wire in her house. She lived in D block in Jahangirpuri with her husband.