Parmesh S JAIN
A Nineteen-year-old Chaitanya sustained severe burns and battling for life in transformer blast incident in Jnanabharathi succumbed on Thursday.
Chaitanya’s father Shivaraju,55,a security guard who was also injured and admitted to hospital succumbed on Wednesday .
Senior officer told media persons,that the officials concerned will be summoned for questioning and based on their statement necessary action would be initiated based on the statement and the culpability .
It may be recalled that Shivaraju,resident of Manganahalli and his only daughter,Chaitanya were returning home after booking marriage hall for her engagement vent scheduled next month.
While they were passing by the transformer on ullal main road in Manganahalli,a few yards away from their house,an explosion occurred from the transformer and oil splashed on them followed by fire .
The duo slipped from the scooter and raised alarm for help.
passers-by rushed to their help and put out the fire and rushed them to victoria hospital in am ambulance before alerting the police and fire control room.
The residents also angry over the negligent attitude of the BESCOM and blamed the officials for the deaths.
Residents alleged that they had noticed smoke , oil spill from the transformer and alerted the BESCOM control room.
Though the control room staff assured to attend the complaint soon, no one turned up until the explosion.
Karnataka Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar said on Thursday that negligence in addressing a complaint had led to Wednesday’s transformer blast in Bengaluru that claimed the lives of a man and his daughter.
Kumar told the Assembly that the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) had received a complaint at 12.50pm but it was not addressed.The explosion took place around 3.10pm.A strict action will be taken on those who showed negligence in addressing the issue.
BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar, who raised the incident in the House, said innocent people’s lives were at risk on Bengaluru’s roads.
The energy minister said the government would give Rs 10 lakh each for the victims’ relatives. “I will also hold a meeting with the Bescom officials on conducting an audit of faulty transformers and transformers installed on the roadside,” he said.
The Jnanabharathi police booked Bescom officials for negligence but have not made any arrest and further investigation is on.
