Flooding in house takes couple's life
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Couple Dhanbhati and husband Deen Dayal.
An elderly couple died due to electrocution after their house was flooded with rainwater in South East Delhi’s Sangam Vihar area on Monday morning, police said.
The relatives of the couple had earlier suspected that they died of heart attack; however, later they claimed that the couple was electrocuted.
The police have shifted both the bodies to the nearest hospital for post-mortem. The deceased have been identified as Deen Dayal, 75, and his wife Dhanbhati, who used to live in their own house in Sangam Vihar. Their son and his family lives nearby, said police.
“Their room is in the basement, around three-four feet below the ground,” said a police officer investigating the case.
“Last night the elderly had slept in their grocery shop which is in their house but around three-four feet above their living room. In the morning around 5 am when the woman woke up and was trying to go down in her room by holding fridge, situated in the room, she got electrocuted,” the officer added.
According to the officer, the elderly man tried to reach out to his wife and in the process he also got electrocuted.
The neighbours claim that due to the heavy rain the rain water seeped into their house flooding the premises.
Their bodies were found floating next morning by their relatives who then rushed them to the nearest hospital were the doctors declared them brought dead.
The police was informed about the incident after which they shifted the body to the mortuary for post-mortem.
A case in this regard under section 174 of IPC has been registered, and investigation has been started.
“We had received information about two bodies found in their flat. We have sent the bodies for post-mortem, so far it appears that they may have died of electrocution but we cannot be sure until their post mortem report arrives,” said a senior police officer.
Meanwhile, the relatives of the deceased blamed the Delhi government and various civic agencies for the water flooding in their house which resulted in the couple’s death.
The relatives of the couple had earlier suspected that they died of heart attack; however, later they claimed that the couple was electrocuted.
The police have shifted both the bodies to the nearest hospital for post-mortem. The deceased have been identified as Deen Dayal, 75, and his wife Dhanbhati, who used to live in their own house in Sangam Vihar. Their son and his family lives nearby, said police.
“Their room is in the basement, around three-four feet below the ground,” said a police officer investigating the case.
“Last night the elderly had slept in their grocery shop which is in their house but around three-four feet above their living room. In the morning around 5 am when the woman woke up and was trying to go down in her room by holding fridge, situated in the room, she got electrocuted,” the officer added.
According to the officer, the elderly man tried to reach out to his wife and in the process he also got electrocuted.
The neighbours claim that due to the heavy rain the rain water seeped into their house flooding the premises.
Their bodies were found floating next morning by their relatives who then rushed them to the nearest hospital were the doctors declared them brought dead.
The police was informed about the incident after which they shifted the body to the mortuary for post-mortem.
A case in this regard under section 174 of IPC has been registered, and investigation has been started.
“We had received information about two bodies found in their flat. We have sent the bodies for post-mortem, so far it appears that they may have died of electrocution but we cannot be sure until their post mortem report arrives,” said a senior police officer.
Meanwhile, the relatives of the deceased blamed the Delhi government and various civic agencies for the water flooding in their house which resulted in the couple’s death.