34-year-old schoolteacher dies of electrocution at New Delhi Railway Station
New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI) A 34-year-old woman died of electrocution after accidentally coming in contact with a live wire at the New Delhi Railway Station complex on Sunday morning amid rainfall, police said.
The incident has prompted the concerned authorities to conduct a safety audit of all-electric poles and electricity infrastructure to prevent any such incident in the future, they said. The incident took place near exit gate number 1 of the station when Sakshi Ahuja, the victim, along with her family was on her way to board a train to Chandigarh, they said.
She was with her father, mother, brother, sister, and two children at the time of the incident. Ahuja, who lived with her family in Preet Vihar was a teacher in Lovely Public School, Priyadarshani Vihar, Laxmi Nagar, police said. As per a preliminary enquiry, it was raining and Ahuja was walking towards the station when she lost her balance and grabbed an electricity pole to break her fall when she came in contact with some exposed wires which were lying at the spot, a senior police officer said. A police team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector Gaikwad reached the spot and rushed Ahuja to the Lady Hardinge Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead, said Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways).
