Nine-year-old boy electrocuted while playing near traffic signal pole in Thane

A nine-year-old boy on Thursday afternoon reportedly died of electrocution while playing near a traffic signal pole in Thane city of Maharashtra, police said, reported the PTI.

The incident occurred near Teen Haath Naka in Thane, a busy intersection of several roads.

The boy was identified as Rajesh Pawar. He came in contact with an iron ladder, touching the pole. He suffered an electric shock and collapsed on the ground, the police official said, according to the PTI.

The boy`s father rushed to save him, but he too suffered an electric shock, said the station house officer of Naupada police station.

A team from the electricity department visited the spot. When they detached the ladder from the pole, it had no current, suggesting there was a leak from the wiring in the signal pole, the official said.

“It was found that a part of the signal pole had been left exposed. It was sealed with insulation tape,” the police official said, the news agency reported.

A case of accidental death has been registered for the time being, he said, adding that an investigation is underway.

Toddler, 78-year-old among victims as death toll rises to six in Kalyan building roof collapse

In an another incident, earlier this week, a roof of a building in Kalyan collapsed killing six people including a two-year-old child and in injuring four others.

“Around 2.15 pm, we received information that a portion of a slab of a building at Shri Saptashrungi Cooperative Housing Society on Chiknipada Tisgaon Road in Kalyan (East) had collapsed. When we went with our staff to inspect the building, we found that the slab on the fourth floor had fallen on the ground floor, resulting in the death of six people and four injuries,” an official said.

The victims have been identified as two-year-old Namaswi Shrikant Shelar; Pramila Kalcharan Sahu (56); Neelanchal Sahu (38); Sushila Narayan Gujar (78); Venkat Bhima Chavan, 42, and 38-year-old Sujata Manoj Wadi.

Two four-year-old`s, Vinayak Manoj Padhi and Sharvil Shrikant Shelar, who have been injured in the Kalyan roof collapse incident are undergoing treatment in Ashirwad Hospital. The other injured — Nikhil Chandrashekhar Kharat (26), has been admitted to Chaitanya Hospital, while Aruna Veer Narayan is undergoing treatment in Amey Hospital.

The Kalyan Municipal Corporation`s Fire Fighting Team and disaster management force team were engaged in the rescue operations.

(with PTI inputs)

This article first appeared on Mid Day