Two engineers of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) were arrested on Monday in connection with a transformer blast that killed a father and daughter on March 23.
The two engineers have been booked for causing death due to negligence under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code. They were released on a station bail at Jnanabharathi police station and not sent to prison.
On March 23, a transformer blast killed Shivaraj, 55 and his daughter Chaitanya, 19 at Manganahalli Cross, Jnanabharathi. Acting on a complaint by their family members who alleged negligence by BESCON officials leading to their deaths, the Jnanabharathi police arrested Assistant Engineer Dinesh and Junior Engineer Mahantesh, who were in charge of the area where the transformer exploded.
