AGRA: Three residents of Dheerpura village under Nagla Singhi police station of Firozabad district died of electrocution on Sunday while five villagers got injured. According to locals, the group of men was trying to fix an 8.5m-long pole to lift the low-hanging power lines. In the process, the pole touched an 11,000 kV tension line passing over the field leaving three dead instantly. Six injured were sent to the trauma centre at the district hospital.
According to police, the deceased were identified as Maharaj Singh (35) and Keshav Singh (22) – both of them farmers – and Rambraj (20) who used to work at a bangle manufacturing unit.
Rambraj’s son Dharmveer alleged that the power department was informed about the low-hanging high-tension wires in the village, but they did nothing about it.
Dheerpura gram pradhan Ajay Kumar said, “The electricity department is responsible for the death of three men. Maharaj Singh was the father of three minor daughters. Keshav was the father of a four-year-old girl. He was the eldest among his three brothers. Rambraj was also the eldest of his three brothers. He was unmarried and taking care of his younger brothers and an old mother. The incident has left the entire village in shock. Three families have lost their earning members.”
Sub-divisional magistrate Bushra Bano said, “The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination. The six injured are getting treatment at the district hospital. They are out of danger. Power department officials have given a written assurance to the family of the deceased for monetary compensation.”
Executive engineer of electricity distribution division (Tundla) Lokendra Bahadur Singh said, “No formal information was received for installation of an electricity pole in the village. The death of three men due to electrocution is an unfortunate incident. On the basis of the postmortem and investigation report by an electricity safety inspector, we are going to propose the headquarters for a Rs 5 lakh compensation to the families of the three deceased men.”
Asked about the low-hanging wires in the village, Singh said, “We will ensure there are no low-hanging power supply cables in the area.”
