22-yr-old man electrocuted on his way back home in sec 6
Gurugram, Sept. 3 -- A 22-year-old man was electrocuted while wading through waist-deep rainwater in Sector 6, Gurugram, on Monday evening while returning home to celebrate his wife's birthday, police said on Tuesday.
The victim was identified as Sheelu Prajapati, a native of Tejpura village in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, police said. He had married Preeti in April this year, and the couple lived in a rented flat in Mahavirpura, Sector 6, where Sheelu worked as a tea stall helper, they added.
Investigators said Prajapati came in contact with an iron fence outside a house where a bulb holder was fixed. Heavy rain had soaked the holder, causing current to spread to the fence, which electrocuted him between 3.30pm and 4pm. His body remained floating in the water for nearly two hours, as residents and police could not approach the spot due to fear of electrocution and severe waterlogging.
Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited officials later cut the power supply to the area, after which the body was retrieved.Sheelu's brother, Sonu Prajapati, 26, told HT that locals informed him over the phone around 6.30pm. "One of them made a video call and showed me the deceased in the water." Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram Police, said the family has denied foul play.
A discom official, requesting anonymity, said the electrocution was "localised" and not caused by the electric pole....
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