An 8-year-old boy was electrocuted while playing inside his house at Sanjay Nagar under Shahjehanabad police station area on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the police the victim Shekhar was playing inside his shanty and while he was playing he touched a live wire.
He was rushed to Hamidia hospital where he died later during treatment.
During the investigation it was found that the family has connected wires to light the house without obtaining permission from the authorities.
A case under section 174 of the CrPC has been registered and the police have started further investigation.
The police have confirmed that a case of death caused due to negligence would be registered during investigation if found guilty.
Meanwhile, the enraged locals damaged a car that had hit a local near Sakshi Dhaba under Ratibad police station area on Wednesday.
According to the police, Jitendra Maran who was on foot was hit by a speeding car bearing registration number (1306).
Enraged with the accident, the locals surrounded the vehicle and damaged the vehicle. However, the car driver managed to flee in time.
The locals tried to set ablaze the vehicle but failed, as the police had reached.
The mob was pacified by the police officials who assured that the car driver would be nabbed soon.
Meanwhile, Maran was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition is reportedly stable.
The police have registered a case against the people who damaged the vehicle and the errant driver.
The vehicle has been seized by the police and a hunt for the errant car driver is on.
Notably, on November 26, a 25-year-old youth was killed while another was injured severely in an accident in the same area.
Police said that this is purely coincidence that the two accidents occurred at the same place.