Man dies due to electrocution at Delhi’s hospital under construction site
New Delhi (IANS). In yet another case of electrocution, a person lost his life due to electric shock in the basement of an under-construction building in Delhi’s LNJP Hospital premises. Officials gave this information on Sunday.
A senior police officer said that around 9 am on Sunday, a person was brought to the emergency ward of LNJP Hospital. He got an electric shock. The doctors declared him dead.
The deceased has been identified as Sujit Kumar, a resident of Samastipur in Bihar. He was working as a laborer at the construction site in the premises of LNJP Hospital.
“While he was working in the basement, he got electrocuted. He was taken to the emergency ward with the help of another worker working at the site,” police said.
The crime scene is being inspected by the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) and the crime team, the officer said.
“The body has been preserved and necessary legal action is being initiated,” police said.
Earlier, a similar incident took place on June 25 at the New Delhi Railway Station, when a woman died of electrocution amid waterlogging due to incessant rains. According to sources, the basement was full of water and electric wires were submerged in it.
