PRAYAGRAJ, July 12 -- A junior engineer (JE) and a sub-divisional officer (SDO) have been suspended for negligence following the death of a contractual lineman due to electrocution in the Saifabad area under the Aspur Devsara police station limits in Pratapgarh. According to reports, Rajeev Kumar Gupta, a resident of Saifabad, was working as a contract lineman at the Dhindhui Power Substation under the Aspur Devsara subdivision in the Sadar division of Pratapgarh. On Tuesday, he was electrocuted while repairing a high-tension (HT) line in Basupur village. Villagers and the deceased's family alleged that power supply was restored after a shutdown without informing Gupta, who was still working on the HT line. Enraged over the incident, family members staged a protest by keeping the body at home and demanding strict action. Taking cognizance of the matter, Shambhu Kumar, Managing Director (Varanasi), on Friday suspended SDO Srijan Kumar and JE Shambhu Singh of the Aspur Devsara subdivision. He has directed the Sadar division's Executive Engineer to submit an investigation report within 15 days. The inquiry is being conducted by the Superintending Engineer of the Sadar division. Notably, a week prior to the incident, the Varanasi Transmission office had issued a circular to all Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers, and SDOs, mandating the use of the Force App. The app is intended to document daily rostering, tripping, shutdowns, and power outages during maintenance work - including the timing of such events. The suspended officials were found to have failed to record relevant data on the app. Ramashray Prasad Chaurasia, executive engineer of the Sadar division, confirmed that the SDO and JE were suspended for negligence in connection with the lineman's death. He added that the investigation report would be submitted to the corporation authorities within the stipulated time....