Bengaluru: Hours after a 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were electrocuted in Whitefield on Sunday, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) suspended five of its officials for dereliction of duty following a prima facie inquiry and issued show-cause notices to two of its senior officers.
“Following the directions of the Energy Minister, the General Manager of Admin and Human Resources of Bescom has suspended Assistant Executive Engineer of E-4 Sub-Division, Subramanya T; Assistant Engineer of E-4 Sub-Division, Chetan S; Junior Engineer of E-4 Su-Division Rajanna; junior powerman Manjunath Revanna and Lineman Basavaraju for dereliction of duties and detailed investigation will be conducted in the matter,” the corporation said in a statement.
