An 8-year-old boy electrocuted after he touched air cooler at Kalibadi under Govindpura police station area on Monday; boy touched the air cooler after having a bath with wet hands.
The boy remained stuck to the air cooler after he touched it and when his father spotted him with the help of his younger brother, he pulled out the plug. The boy screamed after he was removed.
The boy was rushed to AIIMS where doctors declared him dead.
According to the police, Irfan, a resident of C-Sector Kalibari Govindpura, works as loading auto rickshaw driver.
His 8-year-old son Uzer Miyan studied in the grade 3 in Mahatma Gandhi School. Uzer's mother was sleeping in the house at around 3 pm on Monday, while Irfan was in the bathroom.
Ujer was taking a bath and when he came out after taking a bath and touched the air cooler. Due to this the child got electrocuted. A minute later when the father came out of the bathroom, the son was found stuck to the cooler. Hearing his father's scream, his younger brother Israel rushed to rescue. He immediately pulled the cooler wire. In an unconscious state, Uzer was brought to AIIMS, where the doctor declared him dead. Uzer was the younger of two brothers.
The family told the police that Uzer's mother was sleeping with the cooler turned on at the time of the incident. Uzer came after taking a bath and touched the cooler with wet hands.