Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Jan 20: In connection with an incident in which three persons, who were working atop electric poles to shift transformers on Rosario Road near State Bank Circle in the city, suffered electric shocks and injuries on Tuesday January 18, a police complaint has been filed. In the complaint, officials of the Maidan office of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (Mescom), and Mescom contractor, Purushottam, have been accused of negligence.

Chandrahas from Kinnigoly, Venkatesh and Puttaraju from Arkalgud in Hassan district, all of whom were working for the said contractor on temporary basis, were injured, when electricity flowed through the cables all of a sudden, when they were still working. All of them are being treated in a hospital.

In a complaint filed at Pandeshwar police station, Puttaraju said that negligence on the part of contractor, Purushottam, and officials of Maidan office of Mescom, was responsible for electric flow in the cables even when work was going on. He said that switch had been put on in a negligent manner, when the three were working on electric poles. The policemen have registered the case.