The police have arrested two Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) officials in connection with the transformer blast incident that led to the death of a man and his daughter. The two were, however, released on station bail within a few hours of their arrest on Monday.
The accused have been identified as junior engineer Mahanthesh and assistant engineer Dinesh. The duo was arrested under Section 304(a) (death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
According to police officials, Dinesh was responsible for the maintenance of the transformer and Mahanthesh was his immediate senior.
