Culpable homicide case lodged against rail administration, RVNL & contractor

DHANBAD: A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was lodged with the Ramkanali police station against the rail administration, the Rail Vikash Nigam Limited (RVNL), and the contractor for the death of six contractual workers by electrocution under the Dhanbad rail division on Tuesday.
The six workers were charred to death on Monday while setting up an electric pole along the rail tracks.
Meanwhile, a four-member Senior Administrative Grade enquiry committee formed by the East Central Railways (ECR) is scheduled to arrive here on Wednesday, railway sources said.
The sub-inspector of the Ramkanali police outpost, V Chetan, said, "A case has been lodged under sections 304A, 285, and 34 of the IPC against the deputy manager of the RVNL, the site in-charge of contract firm Sika Engineering Pvt Ltd that was awarded the job of erecting the masts, among others for the electrocution of the six labourers."
The post-mortem examination of the six deceased was conducted at the Shaheed Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Hospital (SNMMCH), Dhanbad, on Tuesday. The family members of the victims demanded adequate compensation and job for the kin from the officials of the contract firm and the railways. "Had the rule on erecting overhead masts after snapping power been followed, our family members could have been alive today," alleged the kin.
Referring to the investigation team constituted by the railways, the senior divisional commercial manager of the Dhanbad division, Amresh Kumar, said, "The inquiry committee, led by the chief electrical locomotive engineer, is likely to submit its report within a fortnight."