India, Oct. 16 -- A 51-year-old autorickshaw driver was electrocuted while painting his house in Suryanagar in Vikhroli West, though he had switched off the main electric supply to his house. The police have booked unknown officials of the electricity distribution company, Adani Electricity, after residents complained about leakage of electric current and receiving shocks abruptly on touching walls and iron objects in the locality.

"We have registered a case against unknown officials of Adani Electricity Company under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023," said a police officer, adding that the FIR was registered following a complainant lodged by Yashwant Boyin, 30, the son of the deceased.

"The...