Bengal

Kolkata: Alleging administrative negligence in the deaths of seven people due to electrocution during the recent spell of torrential rain, two organisations have approached the Calcutta High Court.

Save Democracy and the High Court unit of the All India Lawyers’ Association are learnt to have submitted a letter to the Acting Chief Justice Soumen Sen, on Tuesday, urging the court to treat it as a public interest litigation (PIL).

The petitioners have demanded compensation for the families of those who died and sought directions to fix accountability on civic and power distribution authorities.

The letter points out that Kolkata has witnessed similar tragedies in the past, when open or damaged wires came into contact with waterlogged streets during natural calamities. Despite such

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