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Wednesday December 25, 2024

KE ordered to pay Rs4.8m to parents of child who died of electrocution

By Yousuf Katpar
December 25, 2024
A view of the K-Electric head office, with solar panels at the parking area, in Karachi. — K-Electric website/ File
A view of the K-Electric head office, with solar panels at the parking area, in Karachi. — K-Electric website/ File

KARACHI: A civil court has ordered K-Electric to pay Rs4.8 million in compensation to the parents of an eight-year-old boy who died of electrocution due to negligence on the part of the power utility.

Khaliq Uddin and his wife, Uzma, filed a suit in a District East civil court seeking Rs14.5 million in damages from K-Electric under the Fatal Accidents Act 1855 over their son Azhan Siddiqui’s death due to electrocution in Malir’s Model Colony on August 23, 2017.

Senior Civil Judge (East) Ambreen Jamal announced her order on the suit, observing that the plaintiffs successfully proved their claim. “The suit of plaintiffs for recovery of Rs1,45,00,000/- under the provision