Two working at dhabha electrocuted amid rain, thunderstorm in Delhi

Two trees were toppled amid strong winds, he said. “The tree on the right side fell first. So Bharat and Ravinder ran back towards the shop. But another tree fell in no time, and an electricity wire going through it fell into the water on the street. Both of them were electrocuted… it looked like they died on the spot,” Surjanand recalled.

Both the deceased were from Madhubani in Bihar. According to the police, a PCR call was received at 4:29 am to report the deaths at Vivekanand Marg in R K Puram.

“Upon receipt of the PCR call, the SHO, along with his team, Emergency Officer SI Rohit, Head Constable Om Parkash, and beat staff promptly reached the location and met the caller, Sunil,” said DCP (South West) Amit Goel.

“The victims were sleeping outside the kiosk as usual. Due to heavy rain and storms during the night, the fall of trees damaged an electric wire and caused the current to flow near the premises. Both employees and a street dog were electrocuted,” DCP Goel said.

Seema, 29, who works with Bharat’s mother, Lacho Devi, as a house help in Kotla, said that his mother is inconsolable. “The police called Bharat’s brother in Uttar Pradesh, who then called me around 10 am today. He asked me to go to AIIMS to see his body and also take his mother. But I didn’t tell her he had died till we reached,” she said. Prem Kumar, Ravinder’s cousin, said that he wanted to study further but came to Delhi to earn for the family. “His father is a tailor. He dropped out of school in Class 5 and started working so that he could fund his sister’s and brother’s education. Her sisted just completed her graduation.”