Sunil Lohan
The Parappana Agrahara police have registered a case death due negligence against the Three BESCOM officials along with the owner of a building following the death of a 20-year-old youth died due to electrocution.
While drying clothes at the terrace of his rented house in, Rajappa Reddy Layout,Konappana Agrahara in electronic city 2nd stage on Wednesday.
The deceased Kantharaju S,working as production helper at a private firm was living in a rented house along with his friends.
On Wednesday since he had second shift work, Kantharaju washed his clothes and went to terrace to put it for drying.
One of the cloth fell on the wires passing through the transformer put up close to the house.Kantharaju used Mop stick to pull the cloth and electrocuted .
The others hearing the sound rushed to his help and shifted him to the near-by hospital where the doctor decalred him as brought dead.
Based on the complaint filed by Jyothi,mother of Kantharaju, the police charged Assistant Executive engineer,Executive engineer,Superintendent engineer and Devraj Reddy,owner of the house charging them under death due to negligence and section 3 (5) (multiple people commit a crime with a common intention) of BNS for further investigations.
The transformer according to the complainant was put up too close to the house and the live power lines connected to the transformer dangling and passing close to the house,posing threat to the lives of the people,the complaint stated .
