Management first told us he had a heart attack: Kin of man electrocuted in Delhi gym

The family said they were going to take his body home when a doctor told them a witness at the gym had stated Saksham might have been electrocuted. The family then requested for an autopsy which revealed the cause of death to be electrocution.

“They (the gym) should be punished for lying to us and using old machines. We later found two-three other men also suffered an electric shock while trying to help Saksham,” added Mukul.

The family said Saksham was a tech genius who loved coding and creating Android apps. Last year, he joined a dog grooming and products app named Sploot where he worked on app product development and research.

The family said Saksham was highly ambitious and wanted to work for MNCs in the future. He even started a podcast on Spotify to talk about technology. His aunt Priya said, “Had we believed the gym management, we would have never found out the truth. We were all so proud of Saksham since he had started working at a young age and was doing well for himself. He had joined the gym only two months ago.”

The FIR lodged in the case mentions an eyewitness, Keshav Kumar, who was also exercising at the gym at the time of the incident. Speaking to The Indian Express, Keshav said: “I was exercising when I saw Saksham resting on the treadmill… and suddenly fall. I went to help him and suffered a minor shock. We tried to give him CPR but it didn’t work. We took him to the hospital but he died…” “The machines look faulty and old,” he claimed.