Crime Watch 8212; Surat

Four workers electrocuted
Three manual labourers at a factory in Pandesara received serious electric shocks on Wednesday morning. One of them died a few hours later, a case registered in the Pandesara police station today afternoon said. Algu alias Ramdulari Anuradha 28, Viral Kanta Prasad 25 and Pramod Brahmacharya 27 were reportedly pushing a metallic hand cart, and hit an insulated welding cable midway. The cable broke apart, and all three received serious electric shocks. Anuradha died in hospital. The Pandesara police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC. In another case registered in the Limbayat police station today morning, Sukhdev Gujjar 18, a resident of Bhaktinagar, Godadara village, died after receiving an electric shock. The case register said he came in contact with a live electric cable near a canal off Godadara village.

Body recovered
The dead body of Pradhan Gatloo Marathe 45, a worker of Agro Steel company located at Pandesara GIDC, was found dead by his colleagues today afternoon. A case registered in the Pandesara police station said that Marathe went into the plant to check whether it was working or not. However, he did not return. Others, who went to search him, found him slumped on the floor in an unconscious state. He was rushed to the Mahavir hospital, where doctors declared him dead on admission. Post mortem reports are still awaited. A case under section 174 of the CrPC has been registered.

Suicide
Arjan Bhikha Gohil 35, a resident of room no 136, Dhartinagar Society, Varachha, committed suicide by consuming an insecticide, the Varachha police stated. Neighbours found Gohil in an unconscious state around 9 am today and rushed him to the Maskati hospital, where he was declared dead on admission. The cause for the extreme step has not been ascertained as yet.