Lineman suffers burns, PSPCL junior engineer booked

Victim was injured when the JE asked him to remove a sack from a transformer when power supply was on

A lineman suffered an electric shock while removing a sack fastened on a transformer near Veer Palace Chowk here on Saturday.

The JE told him that the power supply of the area had been snapped but the power was on. (Representative image) (HT FILE)

After the kin of the lineman staged a protest at the office of commissioner of police Rakesh Agrawal, the Focal Point police lodged a first information report (FIR) against a junior engineer (JE) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).

The victim, Pankaj Thakur, 33, of Sanjay Gandhi Colony, said he works as a lineman with the Tele Performance Company, which provides services to the PSPCL.

Thakur added, “When I, along with linemen Daljit Singh and Des Raj, was repairing power supply cables from Jeevan Nagar to Veer Palace Chowk, JE Hukam Singh asked me to remove a sack fastened on a transformer. The JE told me that the power supply of the area has been snapped.”

“However, the power supply was on and when I tried to remove the sack, I suffered an electric shock and burns on my arms,” said the lineman, who is currently admitted at a private hospital.

He alleged that he suffered burns due to the negligence of the JE.