A 43-year-old Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel succumbed to burn injuries which he sustained after a heater kept in his security box caught fire on Monday night.
The deceased identified as the CISF Head Constable Alok Kumar hailed from Chhattisgarh and was on duty at Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum.
According to a senior police official, a police control room (PCR) call was received around 10 PM at Tughlak Road police station that a CISF jawan on duty at Indira Gandhi Smriti had caught fire and PCR Van shifted him to Safdarjung hospital and he is in critical condition. “A police team was also dispatched for the spot and during inspection of the spot, it was confirmed that he sustained burn injuries after a heater kept in his security box caught fire while he was reheating his food,” said the senior police official.
“Doctors informed police that Kumar had sustained 60 per cent burn injuries. He died on Tuesday morning during the course of treatment in the hospital,” the senior police official added.
Senior officials of the CISF visited the spot and hospital, police said, adding that an enquiry in is underway to determine tye sequence of events that led to the death of the CISF head constable.