Overview

• Shahjahanabad police registered an unnatural death case on July 1, conducted a post-mortem at Hamidia Hospital and have launched a detailed investigation into the pole’s wiring.
• Neighbors say the pole had been sparking and exposed wires went unaddressed despite multiple complaints to the Bhopal Electricity Department.
• Monsoon-driven waterlogging in Shahjahanabad’s narrow lanes increases the danger of live currents contacting residents and their households.
• This is the third electrocution fatality linked to faulty poles or wiring in Bhopal since mid-April, underscoring repeated infrastructure negligence.
• Local residents and officials, including MLA Atif Aqeel, are demanding accountability and citywide inspections of electrical poles to avert further deaths.