Kolkata Latest News: In Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, a young man named Saurabh Gupta (22), who sold pakodas, died due to electric shock. Justice Dwarkanath Road of Bhawanipur was filled with water and the electric wire fell there. While passing through the road, Saurabh came in contact with water and got such a strong electric shock that he died. After the accident, Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) disconnected the meter of the house of the consumer whose house wire was submerged in water. The CESC statement said that it will file an FIR against the consumer for negligence.
Media reports quoting locals said that Saurabh Gupta, a resident of Allahabad, got electrocuted while passing through a water-filled road near his house. He did not know that there was an electric current in the water due to the hanging wire. A person had pulled this electric wire to install a light on a steel pole. He sells products made from expressed dairy. He had pulled a wire from the electric pole to light the front of the shop.
current spread in water through electric wire
After the accident, when the victim was taken to Shambhunath Pandit Hospital, the doctors declared him dead. The CESC official said, “Our engineers found that an electric wire was pulled from the meter at 2/3 Justice Dwarkanath Road on behalf of Consumer Suparshva Investment Limited. The rubber coating of the wire was worn out and it was exposed. The wire came in contact with water and an electric current occurred in it.”
BJP targets Mamata Banerjee
Regarding the accident, Union Minister and West Bengal BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar said that a tragic incident has happened in Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Bhawanipur constituency. A 25-year-old youth died due to electrocution in stagnant water. Despite the Chief Minister's efforts to control the situation, the failures of his administration are clearly visible. How long will people tolerate incompetence and corruption under Mayor Firhad Hakim and TMC government? This is the real cost of his misgovernance.
