Electrician falls into sump at Bengaluru airport, drowns

Bengaluru: A 34-year-old electrician employed with a private firm drowned after allegedly falling into an uncovered sump near the pumphouse at the water treatment plant in Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Wednesday evening.The deceased is Dhananjaya Deshpande, a resident of Kannamangala village and native of Kalaburagi district.Dhananjaya was employed as a technician with Sterling & Wilson Pvt Ltd and deployed on KIA premises. His wife, Divya Deshpande, a homemaker, told police she tried to reach him at 6-7pm, but his phone was switched off.At 8pm, Ravichandran, maintenance manager of the firm, called Dhananjaya's aunt, Jayashree, saying Dhananjaya was assigned meter-reading work at the pump house and allegedly fell into a sump and died.Divya alleged the sump cover was not properly maintained and that no staff was appointed to monitor the area, which resulted in her husband's fatal fall. A case was registered against the firm under BNS Section 106 (causing death by negligence).