India, Oct. 16 -- Nearly two months after a 17-year-old was electrocuted in Bhandup, the police have booked two employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) for negligence.

According to the police the incident took place on August 20, amid heavy rain and waterlogging on roads. Deepak Ajay Ramlingam Pillai, 17, a resident of a flat opposite Bhatia Hospital, Bhandup West was walking along the waterlogged Lal Bahadur Shastri road when he was electrocuted and fell on the road. Amid heavy rain, residents pulled him out of the water and took him to the nearby Ayushman Hospital where he was declared dead.

The Bhandup police said they have registered a case against Santosh Rudrashetty, an assistant engineer with ...