Hyderabad, Aug. 20 -- The Telangana Human Rights Commission on Tuesday, August 19, took suo-motu cognisance of the electrocution tragedy that occurred at Ramanthapur and asked Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) to submit a report on the matter.

The statement issued by the HRC chairperson, Dr Justice Shameem Akther, cited new reports stating that complaints from locals regarding the unsafe dangling wires were ignored and came to the conclusion that the incident reveals serious lapses in public safety measures.

The commission held the gross negligence of authorities as a violation of the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and directed the TGSPDCL managing director to ...