Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Delhi Caregiver Dies After Electrocution Near Collapsed Road
Sandeep was a 28-year-old caregiver who lived with his aunt in Delhi.
He was found near an electric pole on a road divider.
One of his legs had slipped into a pit or a collapsed part of the road.
Police said electricity may have been passing through the pole.
He was taken to a hospital, but doctors declared him dead.
A postmortem said electrocution caused his death.
The reports disagree about the exact road and timing of the incident.
His family suspects he may have been murdered, but police say it currently looks like an accident caused by negligence.
Police are investigating and checking CCTV footage.
Sandeep, a 28-year-old caregiver from Bihari Colony, died after suffering an electric shock near a road-divider pole in Delhi.
Police said one of his legs slipped into a nearly three-foot-deep pit or collapsed road section while he was near the pole.
Reports differ on the location, identifying it as road number 58 in Surajmal Vihar or Somnath Marg in Anand Vihar.
Reports also differ on the timing, describing the incident as Thursday morning or saying Sandeep was returning home around 8 p.m. and found around 7 a.m.
A postmortem attributed the death to electrocution; police registered a negligence case and are examining CCTV and possible civic-agency responsibility.
- Who
- Sandeep, a 28-year-old caregiver who lived with his paternal aunt in Bihari Colony, Shahdara.
- What
- He died after allegedly coming into contact with an electrified streetlight or electricity pole while one leg was in a road pit.
- When
- Reports differ: one describes Thursday morning, while another says he was returning around 8 p.m. and was found around 7 a.m.; the postmortem later confirmed electrocution.
- Where
- Reports identify the location as road number 58 in Surajmal Vihar or Somnath Marg in the Anand Vihar area of Delhi.
- Why
- Police suspect negligence involving the road and electrical infrastructure; Sandeep’s family has also raised suspicion of murder.
Family’s Concerns
Police’s Preliminary Assessment
Cause and circumstances
Family’s Concerns
Sandeep’s family has raised suspicion of murder and requested a fair investigation.
Police’s Preliminary Assessment
Police said no information suggesting murder has emerged and that the incident prima facie appears to be an accidental electrocution caused by negligence.
Responsibility
Family’s Concerns
The family’s murder concern implies that the circumstances require broader investigation beyond an infrastructure accident.
Police’s Preliminary Assessment
Police are investigating alleged negligence by civic departments and plan to seek information about who may be responsible for the road or electrical hazard.
- Victim
- Sandeep, aged 28
- Occupation
- Caregiver providing medical nursing care
- Reported locations
- Road number 58, Surajmal Vihar, and Somnath Marg, Anand Vihar
- Scene description
- One leg was reportedly in a pit while his arm and head rested against the pole
- Cause of death
- Electrocution, according to the postmortem
- Police action
- A negligence case was registered at Anand Vihar Police Station; CCTV and civic-agency responsibility are being examined
- Family position
- Sandeep’s family suspects murder and has demanded a fair investigation
- Road repair
- Local information said workers filled the caved-in section with stones, debris and cement by evening
