Mumbai, March 6: A woman landed in legal trouble after an 18-year-old boy lost his life after getting electrocuted when he came in contact with a live wire on a shop. The woman Mira Sanjay Kandu, a shop owner from Nalasopara, used to connect a live wire to the grille in the window of her shop every night when she shut it down. The Tulinj police booked her on March 1.
According to a report in MidDay, the incident took place on January 25 when the 18-year-old boy was found lying unconscious behind the grocery shop and when his mother touched his body, she was jolted with an electric shock that alarmed cops to conduct a thorough probe into the matter. Chennai: Woman Falls From Bike While Being Chased by Stray Dogs, Dies of Head Injuries.
The cops at Tulinj police station had earlier registered an accidental death report (ADR) in the matter, but after a month-long investigation and retrieving a detailed report from the electricity distribution company and the post-mortem, they have now booked Kandu under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. Bengaluru Tragedy: 13-Year-Old Boy Dies Instantly After LPG Cylinder Explodes and Hits His Head at Gulbarga Colony.
Kandu had taken this anti-theft measure to connect the live electric wire to the iron grille of her shop’s window after some thieves had broken in and stolen valuables, cash and some grocery item during the pandemic. But the anti-theft measure initiative turned fatal and a teenager lost his life.
The 18-year-old deceased had left his house on the evening of January 24 but did not return home in the night. After an overnight search, his mother learnt that the body of a teenaged boy was lying at the back of a grocery shop.
His mother rushed to see the body and when she touched it, she felt an electric shock. Onlookers immediately alerted the police and a team arrived and an investigation was launched.
(The above story first appeared on Today News 24 on Mar 06, 2023 08:37 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website todaynews24.top).
