Keshav, the witness, recounted, “Yesterday I heard some kids shouting within the floor after which I got here working. By the point I reached, a boy advised me that his brother received an electrical shock from an iron pole and I noticed that the boy had already died.The boy was caught to the pole for a minimum of quarter-hour. Later, police reached the spot…”
The police reported that they acquired a PCR name at roughly 1.30 pm on Saturday, informing them {that a} 13-year-old boy was taking part in cricket on the Cricket Floor in Kotla Vihar Ph-2 when he went to retrieve the ball and acquired an electrical shock from an iron pole carrying electrical wire to a Gaushala situated in a nook of the bottom.
The boy’s physique was swiftly transported to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) hospital by a PCR van. Upon arrival, the hospital authorities pronounced him lifeless, as acknowledged by the police.
The police have registered an FIR beneath part 106(1) BNS, and an investigation into the matter has commenced.
Anita Devi, the mom of the sufferer, has referred to as for strict motion to be taken in opposition to the gaushala (cowshed) and the Energy Division following the tragic incident.
“My son, who was a scholar of sophistication seven of a authorities college, went to play cricket along with his mates on Saturday. He went close to the gaushala to select the ball. He received an electrical shock from a pole carrying electrical wire to a cowshed,” Devi mentioned.
“Many young children go to the bottom to play cricket and this could occur to anybody. When my son was dying, nobody got here ahead to rescue him. My elder son was shouting there to save lots of his life, however not even a single particular person requested the gaushala members to show the ability off,” she added additional.
In response to the incident, Virendra Sachdeva, the Delhi BJP president, has expressed his condolences and referred to as for an investigation into the matter. Sachdeva acknowledged that this marks the seventh loss of life in Delhi as a result of negligence of energy firms.
“Such circumstances have turn into a case of felony upkeep negligence of the ability discoms. In all of the circumstances of deaths on account of electrical shock this yr, a case of felony negligence must be registered in opposition to the ability discoms involved,” Sachdeva mentioned in an announcement, highlighting the necessity for accountability and motion in opposition to the accountable energy firms.
