New Delhi: A shocking incident came to light in the country’s capital on Sunday (June 25) when a woman died due to electrocution at New Delhi railway station. The NHRC has issued a notice to the Railway Board, Delhi Government and the city police chief regarding this matter.
About half an hour before the incident at Delhi’s main railway station, a similar incident took place in another part of the city in which a 17-year-old boy died.
This incident came to light on 25 June in Taimur Nagar, Delhi. This boy named Sohail was going somewhere after leaving the house. Meanwhile, he died due to electrocution from an open electric wire lying in the rainwater filled on the road. .
When the police officers visited the spot, they found that there was water in the street after the rain and the boy died due to electric shock.
Sohail, a resident of Bangalore, came to his uncle’s house in New Friends Colony, Delhi to study. He lived at his uncle’s house during the day and went to sleep at night at another relative’s house in East Delhi’s Seemapuri. Najma, a relative of the deceased boy, told news agency that he died of electrocution due to an open wire in the rainwater. He had come here from Bangalore to study.
Sohail’s family members are originally from West Bengal. He said that Sohail was taken to the hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Police has registered a complaint and started investigation. This accident happened on Sunday afternoon. Half an hour later, 34-year-old teacher Sakshi Ahuja, about 16 km from Taimur Nagar, also became a victim of a similar accident.
