A 40-year-old fruit and vegetable vendor died of electrocution after coming in contact with a railing with running current at a public toilet in east Delhi’s Shakarpur area. The deceased Kishan lal is the native of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and stayed with his brother near laxmi metro station. He was a fruit and vegetable vendor.
Kishan lal went to urinate on Wednesday evening at a public toilet near his kiosk when he accidentally touched the railing with running current. He fell on the ground and passerby informed the police about the incident. A PCR came to the spot and rushed him to lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors.
The eyewitnesses told police that there was current in the railing for the past couple of days regarding which several complaints were made to the power distribution company but nothing was done. A case under the relevant sections has been registered at Shakarpur Police Station.