Contractual employee of power company loses both hands after accident in June; 3 booked

Three months after a contractual employee of a state-run electricity distribution company met with an accident and lost both his hands, the Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against three persons, an official said on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old victim, resident of Mumbra area in Maharashtra’s Thane district, was under treatment so far. He filed a police complaint after recovering, following which the case was registered on Monday, the official from Turbhe police station said.

On June 28, the victim was assigned the task of repairing a fault on an electric pole in Pawane village, he said quoting the complaint.