Most of the victims had to be rushed to the MBM Government Hospital of the city where the condition of a few children is said to be critical with serious burns they sustained in electrocution, a police headquarters report said here.
An 18-year-old youth died of electrocution in the Kalwa area in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, police said.
A 22-year-old man died of electrocution at a Ramlila fair in the Bhojpura Police Station area of the district.
The DERC's forthcoming guidelines will be designed not only to prevent such incidents but also to ensure that affected families receive the support they need during challenging times.
A 60-year-old man died allegedly after being electrocuted at a restaurant here in East Delhi’s Preet Vihar, Delhi police said…
In yet another case of electrocution, a man lost his life due to an electric shock in the basement of an under construction building in the premises of LNJP hospital here, officials said on Sunday.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notices to the chairman of the Railway Board, the Delhi government and the city police chief after a woman died of electrocution on the New Delhi Railway Station, officials said.
The deceased has been identified as Qasim, a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad died of electrocution, while using an electric welding machine in a factory.
It was only last Sunday that a minor was electrocuted to death at Haridevpur after he touched a lamp post while wading through a waterlogged road.
There is the need to set up reinforced electric poles fitted with spikes to prevent elephants rubbing against them and lifting of sagging overhead power lines.
