Strict cognizance taken on the death of a youth named Rajesh Kumar in Karnal due to electric shock in the field – Anil Vij
Mohit SDO, Sunil JE, Deepak, Ajit, Satyawan and Vikas Lineman suspended with immediate effect – Vij
Nation News,Chandigarh.(Rana). Haryana Energy, Transport and Labour Minister, Mr. Anil Vij, taking cognizance of the death of a youth named Rajesh Kumar due to electric shock in the field in village Haibatpur, Police Station Nigdu, District Karnal, has issued instructions to suspend Mr. Mohit SDO, Sunil JE, Deepak, Ajit, Satyawan and Vikas Lineman with immediate effect.
In this regard, while answering the questions of media persons in Chandigarh today, he said that a youth named Rajesh Kumar died due to electric shock in the field in village Haibatpur, Thana Nigdu, District Karnal. In this regard, an FIR has also been lodged against Mohit SDO, Sunil JE, Deepak, Ajit, Satyawan and Vikas Lineman in Thana Nigdu on 06.07.2025, in which the complainant Mr. Pradeep Kumar has stated that the deceased and Pradeep Kumar had complained several times to the SDO, JE and Lineman to fix the wires hanging low in the field. But no action was taken by them in this regard, due to which Rajesh Kumar died due to electric shock in the field.
He told that in the case of the wire breaking in the field, the wire was only about 5 feet high and the concerned employees did not raise the wire. Due to which the farmer went to the field in the morning and died after colliding with the wire. This is a very big negligence, so in this case these employees have been suspended with immediate effect.
