New Delhi, July 20: A 24-year-old man died of electrocution while using a treadmill in a gym in Rohini's Sector-15 area, police said on Thursday. The gym owner has been apprehended, they said. The police were informed about the death of Saksham, a resident of Rohini Sector-19, by the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) Guriqbal Singh Sidhu said. Heart Attacks in Gym: Hotel Owner Dies of Cardiac Arrest During Workout in Indore (Watch Video).
He was brought there in an unconscious state from a gym in Rohini Sector-15, the police officer said, adding inquiry revealed that the man died due to electrocution while using a treadmill in the gym. Ashish Sakharkar Dies: Body-Builder Who Won 'Mr India' Title Four Times Passes Away at 43 After Prolonged Illness in Mumbai.
A case under IPC sections 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 304A (causing death by negligence) has been registered in the matter, the DCP said. Further investigation is underway, he added.