Dark unreality loomed implicit Kolkata arsenic cyclone Dana approached the city. (Express File Photo by Partha Paul)
A 25-year-old man, Sourav Gupta, was electrocuted successful Bhawanipore connected Friday portion returning home. The incidental occurred connected Justice Dwarakanath Road, wherever h2o had accumulated owed to dense rain. The constabulary person filed an FIR of unnatural decease and negligence against a adjacent lodging unit.
Local sources said an electrical ligament was hanging from the railing of a location connected Justice Dwarakanath Road connected Friday afternoon. Continuous rainfall led to h2o accumulation connected the road, and Gupta, walking done the water, came into interaction with the unrecorded wire. A constabulary probe is underway and a squad from the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) visited the tract connected Saturday.
Eyewitnesses said Gupta collapsed into the h2o aft being electrocuted. Locals, utilizing bamboo, managed to region him from the wire. He was instantly rushed to Shambhunath Pandit Hospital, wherever doctors declared him dead.
Official Response from Authorities
Mayor-in-Council of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Sandipranjan Bakshi, commented, “We thoroughly checked the energy poles successful the area. There are nary municipal poles adjacent the tract of the accident. The contented appears to stem from an amerciable effort to power connected lights utilizing the metre container of a adjacent house. Police and CESC are investigating the matter.”
State BJP President Sukant Majumdar criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee implicit the incident, stating, “This tragic lawsuit occurred successful the Chief Minister’s ain constituency and could person been avoided. Despite her administration’s efforts to power the concern from Nabanna, a young antheral mislaid his beingness owed to electrocution successful stagnant water.”
In response, TMC person Kunal Ghosh countered, “Sukant Majumdar is politicizing a tragedy. Those liable for akin incidents, similar flooding successful stations and airports successful different states, are present commenting without knowing the section situation.”