A 24-year-old man was electrocuted while running on a treadmill at a gym in north Delhi’s Rohini on Tuesday. Police have arrested the gym owner on charges of death caused by negligence.
Saksham Pruthi had completed a BTech and worked at a Gurugram-based firm. A resident of Rohini Sector 19, he used to go to Gymplex Fitness Zone in Sector 15.
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At around 7.30 am on Tuesday, he collapsed while running on the treadmill. During the postmortem examination, electrocution was confirmed as the cause of death, ANI reported.
Police arrested gym owner Anubhav Duggal on Thursday. A case has been registered under sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and negligent conduct with respect to machinery.
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Further investigation in the case is underway.