E-rickshaw driver among two electrocuted

NEW DELHI: Two person including an e-rickshaw driver were electrocuted in different parts of the city, police said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Two person including an e-rickshaw driver were electrocuted in different parts of the city, police said on Tuesday.

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A 60-year-old e-rickshaw driver, identified as resident of outer Delhi’s Rohini resident Mahendra Paswan was charging his vehicle when he came in contact with direct current leading to his death this morning, police said.

The deceased was reportedly charging the e-rickshaw from an electric pole. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, said a police officer.

The other case of electrocution occurred in west Delhi’s Mianwali Nagar area where a 35-year-old died on Monday night while coming in contact with a live wire of an air conditioner in a repair shop, said police.

The deceased Muneshwar Kumar stepped on a live wire of an air conditioner receiving the deadly shock. He was rushed to hospital by his brother but could not be saved, they said.