A 28-year-old man died of electrocution after he accidentally came in contact with a street light adjacent to his house in East Delhi, police said today.
Dipak Kumar had come in contact with the street light close to his house in Surya Vihar yesterday.
Neighbours had to try hard to separate Dipak from the pole he had clasped and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, a senior police officer said.
Dipak, who worked as a data-entry operator with Delhi Nursing Council, was cleaning a window of his house when he accidentally came in contact with the pole.
His family members alleged they had complained to the BSES about the 'live' pole and the danger it posed to residents but no action was taken by the agency, said the officer.
A case of causing death due to negligence has been registered at Karawal Nagar police station, he said.
The body has been handed over to his family after postmortem examination and an investigation is on, he added.
