INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old teacher headed for a family vacation was electrocuted at New Delhi railway station Sunday as she reportedly
clutched at an electric pole for support in a waterlogged area
Auto and cab drivers rushed to rescue Sakshi Ahuja but she couldn't be saved.Her sister too received a shock in efforts to rescue her
Ahuja's 9-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter, who were standing next to her, were saved just in time."A case under IPC sections of causing
death due to negligence and negligent conduct pertaining to machinery (287) has been registered," DCP (railways) Apoorva Gupta said.Capital
shocker: How a young life was snuffed out in a few minutesAhuja, a resident of Preet Vihar in east Delhi, taught at a school in Laxmi Nagar
and was also an architect
She had come to the station around 5.30am with her family to take the Vande Bharat Express to Chandigarh
There was waterlogging outside the railway station and initial probe suggests she grabbed the pole to avoid slipping in the water and got
However, her family members said she had stepped into a puddle and was electrocuted.The incident took place around 5.40am
I was in the parking area when I received news that my daughter had died due to electrocution
and saw her trying to move away from the pole before she collapsed
minutes before some taxi and auto drivers came to help
Later, they brought bedsheets, towels and sticks to push Sakshi
DCP Gupta, however, denied the allegations and said a team reached the spot immediately and took the victim the hospital
The postmortem is being done at Lady Harding Hospital
wiring for two signage poles
Wiring for recently installed poles also goes through the same route
Police have obtained footage of CCTV cameras from the scene of crime
They will be sending notice to officials of the maintenance department of the station to join the investigation
