Labourer electrocuted at under-construction site on LNJP Hospital premises in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A labourer was electrocuted at an under-construction building on the premises of a hospital in Delhi on Sunday, officials said.


The deceased was identified as Sujeet Kumar, a resident of Samastipur in Bihar, they said.

At around 9 am, Kumar was brought to the emergency of the Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital but was declared brought dead by the doctors, they said.

Kumar was working as a labourer at the construction site within the premises of the hospital when he got electrocuted. Another labourer saw him and took him to the emergency room, a senior police officer said.

The place of incident was inspected by forensic experts and a crime team of the Delhi Police, he said.

Necessary legal action is being initiated, he added.

(With PTI inputs)