Sohail died of electrocution in Taimoor Nagar on a day when Sakshi electrocuted at Delhi Railway Station
The Sunday incident in which a 34-year-old woman got electrocuted in front of her children at the New Delhi railway station on Sunday had left Delhiites in shock. But on that day a 17-year-old teen identified as Sohail also died in Taimoor Nagar nearly 30 minutes prior to Sakhshi Ahuja’s death, according to a media report.
It is reported that he died while “trying to wade through a street filled with water into which a live wire had fallen”.
The boy was electrocuted in Delhi’s Taimur Nagar, the police said. This is the second incident of electrocution leading to death in the national Capital on Sunday, according to news9live.com.
The NDTV and other news outlets reported that Sohail’s death came to light on a day the National Human Rights Commission sent notices to the chairman of the Railway Board, the Delhi Government and the city police over the woman’s death, pointing to “life-threatening lapses” and “apparent negligence of the authorities”.
Sohail was from Bengaluru. He had visited his uncle’s house in New Friends’ Colony about 45 days ago for his holidays. As he had relatives in the city he used to go there also. During the day he used to stay at his uncle’s house and at night he travelled to Seemanpuri to sleep there.
Amid heavy rain since Saturday night, the teenager left Jamal’s house early on Sunday to return to his uncle’s house, said the media report.
“He reached Taimoor Nagar near his uncle’s house around 5 am and found that a street was waterlogged. When he stepped into the water to get across, passersby heard Sohail scream and collapse. They noticed a wire in the water and called the police, who got the power disconnected,” reported NDTV.
Members of Sohail’s family said he was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead. The police have registered a complaint and begun the probe.
The death was reported at Taimoor Nagar in Delhi. News agency ANI reported that police officers who responded to the incident confirmed that waterlogging following the recent rainfall had led to the electrocution of the teenager.
