Three die by electrocution at pvt hospital

Three people - a man and his son, and a 59-year-old electrical engineer-died by electrocution inside an underground water tank on the premises of a private hospital at Vikas Nagar, near Ranhola in outer Delhi on Friday afternoon, police officers said.

The engineer was employed at the hospital while the other two were plumbers.

The three had gone to repair a water motor in the tank, when they allegedly suffered electric shock and died. Their bodies were found floating in the water inside the tank, officials of Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said.

DFS director Atul Garg said the fire control room received a call at 2.56pm, reporting that electric current had spread in a water tank at Commander Hospital, Vikas Nagar, Nallah Road.

Two fire tenders were rushed to the incident spot. The firemen learnt that there was electric current in the underground water tank in the hospital that is meant to supply water through pipes for the fire hydrant system.