Carpenter falls to his death from work site in vikhroli
MUMBAI, Dec. 5 -- Four days after a 37-year-old labourer died after falling from second floor of an under-construction building in Vikhroli, another fatal incident in the same neighbourhood has shed light on the absence of basic safety measures at building sites across Mumbai.
A 47-year-old carpenter died after falling from the third floor of an under-construction building in Kannamwar Nagar in Vikhroli East on Wednesday afternoon. The Vikhroli police have booked the contractor for negligence as he had not provided any safety equipment nor fixed any safety nets to prevent any such untoward incident.
The contractor has been identified as Dulal Chandra Sarkar based on a complaint lodged by Brindabhan Rajmohan Das, 41, the younger brother of the deceased carpenter and a resident of Jogeshwari East.
According to the police, Das's elder brother, Tapan Rajmohan Das, 47, was presently staying and working in Shraddha Pleasant, Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli East. On Wednesday afternoon while Tapan was working on the third floor of the car parking area and removing some nut-bolts, he lost balance and fell down. He suffered serious head injuries.
The police said prima facie no safety belt, or any safety equipment, nets or helmet was provided and have therefore booked the contractor, Dulal Chandra Sarkar, under section 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023....
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