Two electrocuted in residential building’s lift

TNN | May 5, 2020, 04:10 IST

The lift of Kadam Heights in Rajkot where the accident took place

Rajkot: A man and a woman were electrocuted while operating an elevator in Kadam Heights Apartment on new 150-feet Ring Road on early Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as Manisha Ashara (53) and Jignesh Dhol (47).
It so happened that when Ashara, who was inside the lift on the sixth floor, pressed the button to go down, she received an electric shock.
“Hearing her cries, when Dhol, who lived on the fifth floor, went to the sixth floor and touched the door grills to open the lift he, too, got a shock, said J V Dhola, inspector with Rajkot taluka police station. He said, “Meanwhile, the members of Ashara’s family turned off the main power supply,”
Both the victims were rushed to Rajkot Civil Hospital where they died shortly after admission.
“We will be calling a technical expert to find out how the incident occurred. If anyone is found guilty of negligence, necessary action will be initiated,” added Dhola.
While Ashara’s husband Kiran Ashara is a city-based businessman, Dhol was employed in an IT firm of Rajkot.