A one-year-old boy was electrocuted after he came in contact with the wire of a flooring machine at a community centre in East Delhi’s Pandav Nagar area around 11.30 AM on Thursday, police said on Friday.
The victim was identified as Anshul, a native of Mahoba village in UP. He was in Delhi with his parents and his paternal uncle works at the community centre, said a police official.
At the time of accident, Anshul’s parents were away and his uncle had taken him to his workplace. While he was working on the terrace floor of the community centre, the child came in contact with the wire and was electrocuted, said the official.
Anshul was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead. His body was then sent for postmortem and later handed over to the family, said the official.
A case of negligence causing death has been registered against unknown persons at the Pandav Nagar police station and investigation is underway, the official added.
In an another incident, a policeman sustained burn injuries when a high tension electricity wire fell on the communication antenna installed at Kapasheda Police Station in South West Delhi on Friday afternoon.
The computer operator was working on the computer in the communication room when sparking took place due to
which the computer got burnt and the policeman received burn injury. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) RA Sanjeev told The Pioneer that computer operator was working on the system when the spark took place on the terrace of the police station around 3.30 pm.
“It seems the antenna came in contact with the high tension live wire passing near the communication antenna that led to the spark,” he added.
The police station staff members rushed him to a nearby hospital from where he was discharged after the medical treatment.