Overview
- Police received the call around 2:30 pm on Thursday from a multi-storey construction site in Kapashera, southwest Delhi.
- Rajkumar, also known as Ramchandra, 45, was declared dead at the hospital, and Jhulan, 32, a mason from Bihar, remains under treatment.
- A preliminary inquiry found the men were passing a bamboo pole between floors when it touched an overhead high-voltage line, delivering a powerful shock.
- A crime team inspected the site and collected evidence, and the body was sent to a government mortuary for a post-mortem scheduled for Friday.
- Police said a case under relevant sections of law is being registered at Kapashera police station, and the investigation is ongoing.