India, May 6 -- A six-year-old boy was electrocuted to death in the Indira Nagar area of Thane on Monday night. The tragic incident occurred when the deceased, Samar Sheikh, stepped out of his family's tenement in a two-storeyed building in the slum settlement and came in contact with the iron staircase and safety grill, which was carrying live electric current, police said.

Following the incident, angry parents and local residents gathered outside the Shrinagar police station, demanding strict action against officials of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). Protestors alleged that MSEDCL staff had earlier in the day disconnected supply to the deceased's tenement by cutting off the cable attached to th...