Man electrocuted, two employees of Powercom booked

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 4

A man, identified as Angrej Singh, was electrocuted to death due to the alleged negligence on part of two Powercom employees in Dudhrai village here on Sunday. Both were booked by the Rajasansi police on the charges of causing death by negligence.

The accused were identified as Gurdev Singh and Baljit Singh, lineman and assistant lineman of Powercom. Ajit Singh, a resident of Dudhrai village and father of the deceased, stated to the police that on Sunday the two accused called his son over phone. He said his son told him before leaving the house about this. He said later he got a call that Angrej suffered electrocution and residents took him to a hospital in Amritsar. He died on the way to the hospital.

He alleged that Angrej died due to their negligence as they involved him in repairing the technical snag in the powerline. The accused was yet to be arrested while a further probe was underway, said Investigating Officer Agyapal Singh. He said a case under Section 304-A and 34 of the IPC had been registered in this regard.