Bengaluru, Jun 21 (PTI): An FIR has been registered against Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) officials in connection with the death of a 10-year-old boy due to electrocution in K R Puram area here, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on June 15 when Ananth, a native of Nepal, while playing with a broom on the third-floor of his rented accommodation, came into contact with a high-tension wire, they said.
According to the police, the boy was alone at home in Swatantra Nagar when the incident occurred. His mother, a house help was at work at that time.
Following the incident, neighbours who heard the boy's screams rushed him to KR Puram government hospital and later he was shifted to the burns ward at Victoria Hospital for advanced treatment. He succumbed to injuries on Friday during the course of treatment, a senior police officer said.
Based on the victim's mother's complaint, we have registered a case against the building owner, BBMP and BESCOM officials under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act, he added.
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New Delhi: Over the past five and a half years, India’s major airports have witnessed nearly 2,800 bird-hit incidents, with Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru topping the list, according to data recently shared by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the Rajya Sabha.
The data, cited by Deccan Herald on Sunday, showed that the Delhi airport reported the highest number of bird-hit cases, recording 695 incidents between 2020 and June 2025. Mumbai’s airport followed with 407 cases, while Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport witnessed 343 cases.
Other airports on the list include Ahmedabad (337), Chennai (205), Kolkata (193), Bhubaneswar (150), Pune (145), and Thiruvananthapuram (125).
An analysis of the data shows that bird-hit incidents were lower during 2020 and 2021—years impacted by COVID-19-related flight restrictions—but rose sharply in subsequent years.
There were 309 bird-hit cases in 2020, which increased to 354 in 2021, 588 in 2022, and peaked at 709 in 2023. However, the number saw a slight decline in 2024, falling to 609. In the current year, up to June, 238 incidents have already been reported.
In a written response to AAP MP Swati Maliwal, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol stated that the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) mandates the development of a Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WHMP) to ensure safety of aircraft operations.