A 34-year-old woman today died at the New Delhi railway station after getting electrocuted amid waterlogging due to incessant rains in the national capital since last night.
Sakshi Ahuja, a resident of Preet Vihar in East Delhi, reached the railway station around 5:30 in the morning along with two women and three children. She held on to an electric pole to avoid puddles when she suffered a massive jolt of power, causing her death.
Onlookers rushed her to a hospital in an attempt to save her life, but she died during treatment, police said.
The accident occurred near exit number one of the New Delhi railway station, police said in a statement, adding that they found the woman unconscious on reaching the spot.
Ahuja was a teacher in Lovely Public School, Priyadarshani Vihar, Laxmi Nagar, they said.
"Immediately, they, along with injured Sakshi Ahuja' sister Madhvi Chopra, took her to LHMC (Lady Hardinge Medical College) hospital where doctor declared her brought dead," the police said.
The victim's sister, Madhvi Chopra, then filed a complaint alleging negligence by concerned authorities, based on which a case was filed, they added.
Sakshi Ahuja's father Lokesh Kumar Chopra, too, blamed the concerned authority for negligence.
"We were going to Chandigarh. I was in the parking area when I received the information that my daughter Sakshi Ahuja has died due to electrocution. This has happened due to the negligence of the concerned authority," he told news agency ANI.
Visuals showed naked electric wires at the bottom of the pole, which is suspected to have caused the freak accident.
Railways and the police are probing the incident. A case has been registered, and the police are investigating who is responsible for the negligence.
"5 cm maximum rainfall was recorded in Delhi today, and rain will continue for the next two days," Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General, India Meteorological Department, said.
The incident has prompted the concerned authorities to conduct a safety audit of all electric poles and electricity infrastructure to prevent any such incident in the future, they said.
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