Family protests against cops not registering case, keeps body at police station

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Protesting against not registering a case and shielding the contractor, family members of a 17-year-old youth who was electrocuted at construction site registered protest by keeping his body in the police station premises on Monday.

The youth had sustained electricity shocks while working at construction site situated at lalghati locality.

Family members of Anand Sharma who died while undergoing treatment at City hospital on Monday staged protest by keeping his body at the premises of Koh-e-Fiza police station. Anand got electric shocks on May 26 while working at lalghati and sustained injuries in the incident and after 24 days of treatment he died. The deceased used to work with a contractor Anurag Pawaiya and was attempting to install CCTV cameras, when the incident took place. On the day of the incident, deceased was installing CCTV cameras at Jain Nagar and while he was working he came into contract with live wires and was repelled and fell on the floor the other workers working at the site rushed him to City hospital where he died during treatment on Monday. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem but when the family members found that the police have not taken any action against the contractor they staged protest keeping the body in front of Koh-e-Fiza police station in the afternoon. The protest was pacified after the protesting family members were assured of action against those responsible which lead to the incidence. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and claimed that if it would be found during the investigation case under section 304 A of the IPC would be registered.

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