Annual Report 2009-2010 (i) Electrocution Cases 43. Death of Deepu due to Electrocution in Allahabad City (Case No. 429/24/2003-2004) 4.271 On 6 June 2003, the Commission took cognizance of a complaint received from one Munnu Singh. As per the complaint, Munni Singh’s son Deepu was employed as a khalasi on Truck No. 78-T-0935. While travelling to Guwahati on 19 July 2000, the truck broke down at Eklavya Crossing in Allahabad and when Deepu was trying to figure out the fault in the truck, he came into contact with a high tension live electric wire which had fallen on the road and was electrocuted. A complaint vide Daily Diary No. 62 at Civil Lines Police Station, Allahabad, was registered in this regard. The postmortem examination confirmed Deepu’s death by electrocution. The complainant approached the U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited in Lucknow for compensation, but in vain. 4.272 Pursuant to the directions of the Commission, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Allahabad, sent a report confirming the incident vide his communication dated 18 July 2003. Therea�er, a report was called from the General Manager, U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, Lucknow. A belated report a�er issuance of several summons, was received from the Corporation. The report stated that a cheque for an amount of Rs.20,000/- had been sanctioned as ex-gratia payment in favour of the complainant and it was forwarded to the District Magistrate, Kannauj, for disbursement. 4.273 The Commission observed that the very endorsement of ex-gratia payment to the complainant was indicative of admission of liability by U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. At the same time, it opined that the amount of Rs. 20,000/- appeared to be too meager for the death of a young person. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the Commission on 7 January 2010 recommended to the Chairperson of U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, to pay a total compensation of Rs. 2, 00,000/- to the next of kin of the deceased and submit the compliance report along with proof of payment within six weeks. 4.274 The compliance report along with proof of payment is awaited from the Chairperson of U�ar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. 44. Death of Ramadhar Yadav due to Electrocution in U�ar Pradesh (Case No. 21808/24/53/08-09) 4.275 The Commission received a complaint dated 13 August 2008 from Naubal Yadav of village Tajpur, Mau District in U�ar Pradesh alleging that the Junior Engineers and Linemen of the Electricity Department had been engaging his father Ramadhar Yadav for repairs of transmission lines in the area of Kotwa Sub-Station. On 6 August 2008 at about 7 a.m. his father was taken from his house by S.S.O. Chandrapati Pandey and Markhande Singh of the Electricity Department for repair of an 11 K.V. Transmission Line in village Honhaich. While his father was repairing the line, he was electrocuted and fell down from the electric pole. He was taken to hospital, but could not be saved. NHRC 61