NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old trainer headed for a household trip was electrocuted at New Delhi railway station Sunday as she reportedly clutched at an electrical pole for help in a waterlogged space. Auto and cab drivers rushed to rescue Sakshi Ahuja however she could not be saved.
Her sister too acquired a shock in efforts to rescue her. Ahuja’s 9-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter, who had been standing subsequent to her, had been saved simply in time.
“A case beneath IPC sections of inflicting dying attributable to negligence and negligent conduct pertaining to equipment (287) has been registered,” DCP (railways) Apoorva Gupta mentioned.
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Ahuja, a resident of Preet Vihar in east Delhi, taught at a college in Laxmi Nagar and was additionally an architect. She had come to the station round 5.30am together with her household to take the Vande Bharat Specific to Chandigarh. There was waterlogging outdoors the railway station and preliminary probe suggests she grabbed the pole to keep away from slipping within the water and bought electrocuted. Nonetheless, her relations mentioned she had stepped right into a puddle and was electrocuted.
The incident occurred round 5.40am. Ahuja’s mother and father and brother had been parking the automobile whereas she had headed for the platform together with her sister and the youngsters. The spot the place she was electrocuted is aparking lot for taxis.
“We had been going to Chandigarh for a trip. I used to be within the parking space once I acquired information that my daughter had died attributable to electrocution. This has occurred because of the negligence of the authorities,” mentioned Lokesh Kumar Chopra. Ankit Ahuja, the sufferer’s husband, mentioned a number of departments are chargeable for the accident. “There may be negligence on the a part of senior officers. Railway division officers got here to fulfill us and guaranteed us that an inquiry is happening,” he mentioned
Police mentioned they acquired details about a girl having acquired a shock from an electrical pole, at ‘PG facet’ close to Exit-1 of the station.Witnesses mentioned they heard the girl scream and noticed her making an attempt to maneuver away from the pole earlier than she collapsed. Her sister, Madhvi Chopra, cried for assist and a passerby known as the PCR.
Ahuja’s relations claimed that she lay on the bottom for 20-25 minutes earlier than some taxi and auto drivers got here to assist. “Taxi and auto drivers pulled her youngsters whereas Madhvi might do little as she too acquired electrical shock,” mentioned Indu, a relative. “A number of taxi drivers had been additionally affected. Later, they introduced bedsheets, towels and sticks to push Sakshi. She was taken to hospital in a taxi.” The household claimed that regardless of the police station being only some metres away from the spot, nobody got here to assist in time. DCP Gupta, nevertheless, denied the allegations and mentioned a crew reached the spot instantly and took the sufferer the hospital. The postmortem is being performed at Woman Harding Hospital. “A probe is beneath manner,” a senior officer mentioned.
Investigation has revealed that on the accident spot, there’s a high-mast gentle and open wiring for 2 signage poles. Wiring for not too long ago put in poles additionally goes via the identical route. Police have obtained footage of CCTV cameras from the scene of crime. They are going to be sending discover to officers of the upkeep division of the station to hitch the investigation. “Strict motion shall be taken in opposition to these accountable,” a high officer mentioned.

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