PDD mess: Non-employee electrocuted

KL Report

SRINAGAR

A family from Central Kashmir’s Beerwah town Monday alleged that Power Development Department made their son scapegoat and lured him to repair electric transformers and wires in return of few currency notes. According to family, their son Bashir Ahmed Teli resident of Chek Dewan Beerwah was electrocuted and is battling for life in Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura.

“My son is not an employee of PDD but the sub-division Beerwah used him often to repair electric wires in the area. PDD used to give some cash for his service. On Jan 21, while repairing electric wire in Beerwah, my son was electrocuted and is battling for life in the hospital,” the father of Bashir Ahmed Teli told CNS adding that PDD exploited the poverty of his son.

They said that PDD has no right to lure those youth who are not employees of the department. “Not a single PDD official visited their house or hospital to enquire about the health of my son. My son has become permanently disable,” he said.

Meanwhile, police has registered an FIR vide number 6/2014 under section 287,336 and 338 of RPC in this regard. “We have registered a case and investigation has been taken up to ascertain the facts,” a police official told CNS.

When contacted Chief Engineer PDD, Bashir Ahmed Khan told CNS that he will look into the matter. “It may be an individual case. This is come to our knowledge that some PDD employees unofficially give some money to some people for repairing electric wires and such employees would be dealt strictly. I will seek details about the case and accordingly will initiate action,” he said. (CNS)

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