Delhi Electrocution Case: From Police to Railways, Where Does the Buck Stop?
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi Electrocution Case: From Police to Railways, Where Does the Buck Stop?

The Quint  

"Who killed my wife? Three days ago, his wife Sakshi -- a 35-year-old teacher and mother of two -- was electrocuted outside the New Delhi Railway Station as she was about to embark on a holiday with her family. She was electrocuted as she reportedly clutched at an electric pole for support in a waterlogged area in the railway station's parking lot. As per NDTV, visuals showed naked electric wires at the bottom of the pole -- the probable cause of the incident. The Quint spoke to Delhi Police officers investigating the case, officials from the Northern Railways, and Sakshi's family to understand what happened on the morning of 24 June, why the live wire was not insulated, and where does the buck stop.

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Uttarakhand: 2 people die of electrocution in paddy field
8 months ago

Uttarakhand: 2 people die of electrocution in paddy field

Hindustan Times  

A 64-year-old woman and a 62-year-old man were electrocuted in Kichha area of Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand on Monday. The incident took place when they were in a paddy field and the power supply line to a water motor fell into the wet field, the police said. Chauhan said Khuggar picked up the electricity wire of the water …

Woman, her 9-month-old baby electrocuted in Bengaluru; case against power company
1 year, 1 month ago

Woman, her 9-month-old baby electrocuted in Bengaluru; case against power company

India Today  

A woman and her nine-month-old baby were electrocuted after the mother stepped foot on a live electric wire lying on the pavement on the side of a road in Bengaluru. The incident took place at around 6 am on Sunday after 23-year-old Soundarya and her 9-month-old daughter returned to Bengaluru from Tamil Nadu. According to the police, the live wire …

Bengaluru: Mother, 9-month-old girl child electrocuted after stepping on live wire, case registered
1 year, 1 month ago

Bengaluru: Mother, 9-month-old girl child electrocuted after stepping on live wire, case registered

India TV News  

Bengaluru: A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter tragically lost their lives after accidentally coming into contact with an unattended live wire on the pavement near Hope Farm in Bengaluru. Case of negligence registered The Kadugodi police rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies to the hospital for further procedures. A case of negligence was registered against the Bangalore …

Workers at Delhi hospital electrocution site not given safety gloves: FIR
1 year, 5 months ago

Workers at Delhi hospital electrocution site not given safety gloves: FIR

Hindustan Times  

The 18-year-old labourer who was electrocuted on Sunday at an under-construction site in Lok Nayak hospital had complained about the electricity wires lying loose to several people involved in the work, according to an FIR lodged in the case. Police officers at the under-construction site of Lok Nayak hospital where a labourer was electrocuted, in New Delhi on Sunday. Sujeet …

Hours before woman died at Delhi station, teen was electrocuted in Taimoor Nagar
1 year, 5 months ago

Hours before woman died at Delhi station, teen was electrocuted in Taimoor Nagar

India Today  

Hours before a woman was electrocuted in front of her children at the New Delhi railway station on Sunday, a 17-year-old boy suffered the same fate in southeast Delhi's Taimoor Nagar, police said on Tuesday. DELHI WOMAN ELECTROCUTED AMID HEAVY RAIN A woman, Sakshi Ahuja, was electrocuted in Delhi after she touched an electric pole while trying to walk through …

Electricity pole, where woman was electrocuted, safe now: Railways
1 year, 5 months ago

Electricity pole, where woman was electrocuted, safe now: Railways

India Today  

The Northern Railway on Tuesday said an electricity pole on the New Delhi Railway station complex where a woman recently died due to electrocution has been attended to and its distribution board replaced with proper wiring and safety fittings. Northern Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Deepak Kumar also said all fittings at all station which falls under the northern railway …

Delhi rains: Man dies of electrocution in Taimur Nagar; 2nd incident after a woman met with same fate
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi rains: Man dies of electrocution in Taimur Nagar; 2nd incident after a woman met with same fate

India TV News  

Nearly two days after a 34-year-old woman died of electrocution after accidentally touching a live wire at the New Delhi Railway Station complex during rain, a similar incident was reported in Taimur Nagar in the national capital on Tuesday. Earlier last week, a 34-year-old woman died of electrocution after accidentally coming in contact with a live wire at the New …

Delhi railway station electrocution: Govt negligence killed Sakshi, says family
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi railway station electrocution: Govt negligence killed Sakshi, says family

Hindustan Times  

For 35-year-old Sakshi Ahuja and her family, especially her two children, the upcoming summer vacation trip was more exciting than ever as it was also the first time that the would travel in the Delhi-Chandigarh Vande Bharat express. Sakshi Ahuja, whose children are only nine and seven-year-old, used to teach at Lovely Public School in Priyadarshini Vihar near her house …

Woman dies of electrocution at New Delhi Railway Station
1 year, 5 months ago

Woman dies of electrocution at New Delhi Railway Station

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A 34-year-old woman died of electrocution after accidentally coming in contact with a live wire at the New Delhi Railway Station complex on Sunday morning amid rainfall, police said. The incident took place near exit gate number 1 of the station when Sakshi Ahuja, the victim, along with her family was on her way to board a train …

Woman electrocuted at Delhi railway station amid heavy rain
1 year, 5 months ago

Woman electrocuted at Delhi railway station amid heavy rain

India Today  

A woman was electrocuted to death in Delhi after she touched an electric pole while trying to walk through a flooded road on Sunday. The woman, identified as Sakshi Ahuja, had reached the New Delhi Railway Station on Sunday at 5.30 am with her sister and three children to board a train to Bhopal. However, outside the station, when she …

Kolkata: Man Electrocuted While Drying Clothes, Mother-in-Law and Wife Succumb in Rescue Attempt
1 year, 7 months ago

Kolkata: Man Electrocuted While Drying Clothes, Mother-in-Law and Wife Succumb in Rescue Attempt

News 18  

Three members of a family, including two women were electrocuted to death in Kolkata’s Ekbalpore. Izhar Akhtar was electrocuted between 7 am and 7:30 am when hanging clothes on a wire suspended between a window grille and a wall pipe of a building opposite his house, police told The Telegraph. Following the incident, officials from the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation …

Madhya Pradesh: Man lays electric wire to kill wife but mother-in-law gets electrocuted
2 years, 2 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Man lays electric wire to kill wife but mother-in-law gets electrocuted

Firstpost  

The incident took place in Saikheda village under Kotwali police station limits on Monday. The man was a habitual drinker and this often led to quarrels with his wife Betul: A man in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district laid an electric wire on an iron door to allegedly kill his wife, but his 55-year-old mother-in-law came in contact with the door …

22-year-old construction worker electrocuted
2 years, 7 months ago

22-year-old construction worker electrocuted

The Hindu  

A 22-year-old construction worker died allegedly of electrocution when he came in contact with an Internet cable that was in contact with a live wire in Sanjaynagar on Monday evening. Kishore was walking home from work around 7 p.m. An Internet cable wire was hanging from a tree on the roadside. The police suspect that a high-tension wire passing above …

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