In a tragic incident, an 11- year old school boy was electrocuted when he accidentally came in contact with an 11 KV live eclectic wire while he was going for tuition at Sijua village in Giridih district early on Friday morning, sources said.
The deceased identified as Monu Yadav, son of Bhuneshwar Yadav a school student, the family resides at Sijua village under Ganday police station in Giridih district. The police sources said that the accident occurred around 7am. Sonu went to the tuition from his house .
Sonu is said to have found the 11kv live abounded wire laying on the road as he tried to chunk the wire to the road ,the wire accidentally came with a live wire passing close to his house.
The police said that the impact of the electrocution was so high that Sonu was thrown into the air. The local informed his parents. Though Sonu was immediately rushed to a hospital, the doctor declared him brought dead.
Sonu’s death prompted local people to block the road for some time, blaming JSEB ,(Jharkhand State Electricity Board )for the mishap.
locals said that, “if JSEB had properly maintained the wires before the onset of rain yesterday night, a life could have been saved.”
The locals sought compensation for the deceased’s family and also action against those officials for negligence, while department officials could paid only Rs 15,000 at the present situation and asked them to pay all compensation as per Government rule .