1 week Ago By Bagish Jha
Gurgaon: A 25-year-old juice vendor died after coming into contact with an exposed live wire near the Sohna grain market . Gopal Juneja was cleaning his juice machine when the incident occurred. According to police, Juneja was unaware of the wire protruding from a nearby streetlight pole and touched it while carrying out his daily routine work.
Bystanders rushed him to Sohna Civil Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Tragically, this incident happened on Juneja's birthday. He had planned to celebrate with friends at a hotel and had called them earlier, his family told the police.
The deceased was the sole winner for his family, and he is survived by a brother who is mentally challenged and an elderly brother. A local resident Tarun Lath said that exposed wires had been hanging from this pole for a long time, and a cow had previously died due to electrocution. He blamed the accident on administrative negligence.
After the autopsy, the body was handed over to the family. In Aug last year, three men returning from work were electrocuted near IFFCO Chowk metro station after a wire snapped and fell on them when they were wading through a footpath left flooded after evening rain..
