Delhi: 24-year-old man electrocuted while running on treadmill at gym

In a freak accident, a 24-year-old man died on Tuesday after he was electrocuted while running on a treadmill at a gym in the Rohini area of North Delhi. The man, identified as Saksham Pruthi by media reports, was a BTech graduate and worked for a firm in Gurugram. Gym owner arrested after Delhi man […]

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In a freak accident, a 24-year-old man died on Tuesday after he was electrocuted while running on a treadmill at a gym in the Rohini area of North Delhi.

The man, identified as Saksham Pruthi by media reports, was a BTech graduate and worked for a firm in Gurugram.

Gym owner arrested after Delhi man gets electrocuted by treadmill

Pruthi, who is a resident of Sector 19 in Rohini, was a regular of the Gymplex Fitness Zone gym in Rohini’s Sector 15.

The incident occurred at around 7:30 AM on Tuesday when Pruthi collapsed while running on the treadmill. He was taken to a nearby hospital in an unconscious state, where he was declared dead sometime later.

Postmortem examinations indicated that he died due to electrocution, which the police confirmed and informed the deceased person’s family.

The local police have arrested the gym manager Anubhav Duggal, and a case has been registered against him under sections relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and negligent conduct with respect to machinery.

Further investigation on the matter is underway, the police confirmed.