17-yr-old footballer gets electrocuted after touching lightpost

Kolkata: A 17-year-old footballer died after being electrocuted when he accidentally touched a lightpost situated at a corner of a playground at Madhyamgram in North 24-Parganas on Sunday evening. Police said the victim, Ajay Sarkar, was a local resident.

He was well known in the area for his football skills and he used to play for different local clubs.

On Sunday evening, he went to a playground in the area along with his brother, to play football. After playing a match, Ajay went to a corner of the playground to collect something when he accidentally touched a lightpost. He was electrocuted and immediately fell on the ground. Other players and some local people went to the spot hearing Ajay's cry and found him senseless.

They took him to Madhyamgram Rural Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. A pall of gloom descended in the area with the death of Ajay.

People who were present in the ground, said that there was no delay in taking him to the hospital. Local people demanded necessary steps to ensure that no such incident takes place in the area in future.

A lot of such unfortunate accidents happen when live wires are touched leading to deaths. Throughout the city, the civic authorities are taking enormous steps to check if there are faults and live wires strewn on roads and pavements. At the same time, elaborate measures have been taken to check the condition of such lightposts in the area.

Incessant showers have led to several electrocutions in the city as well.