Overview

• Seventeen-year-old Nafeel was fatally electrocuted on July 3 after stepping into rainwater energized by a damaged underground cable in Tiruvottiyur
• Locals say they had lodged repeated complaints with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board about the live wire but received no response prior to the incident
• More than 200 residents blocked the Tiruvottiyur Highway for nearly two hours demanding accountability before police assured them of action
• Authorities sent the victim’s body to Stanley Government Hospital for a post-mortem and have formally launched a criminal investigation
• City officials have pledged targeted inspections and repairs of aging power and drainage infrastructure as monsoon rains continue to expose systemic neglect