34-Year-Old Delhi School Teacher Dies of Touching Electric Pole At Railway Station

A school teacher died at the New Delhi Railway Station complex after touching the electric pole on Sunday morning amid rainfall.

The incident occurred when the victim identified as 34-year-old Sakshi Ahuja was on her way to catch a Chandigarh train with her family members, officials informed PTI. It took place near exit gate number 1 of the station and her father, mother, brother, sister, and two children were with her at the time of the incident.

In the wake of the incident, the authorities have ordered a safety audit of all-electric poles and electricity infrastructure to prevent any such incident in the future.

The victim worked as a teacher at Lovely Public School, Priyadarshani Vihar, Laxmi Nagar. The woman is survived by her husband Ankit Ahuja who works as an engineer in a Japanese firm and two minor children, her family said.

Meanwhile, Ahuja's sister, Madhvi Chopra, lodged a complaint alleging negligence on the part of the authorities.

A case under sections 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against unidentified persons and an investigation has been initiated, Gupta added. "We have spoken to officers in the Indian Railways, who are enquiring into the matter at their end to determine who was responsible for the negligence," she said.

"Crime team and experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory, Rohini, have inspected the spot," the DCP added.