Santacruz East Drainage Worker Death: Contractor Arrested For Culpable Homicide Over Unauthorised BMC Work And Safety Lapses
Mumbai: The Vakola police have registered a case of culpable homicide against a contractor and arrested him after a 47-year-old worker died and another worker was injured while carrying out work on a main drainage line at a housing society in Santacruz East on Monday. Also Watch: The accused, contractor Vilas Jadhav, a resident of Dadar East, allegedly got the drainage work carried out without…
Mumbai police have registered a culpable homicide case against contractor Vilas Jadhav following the death of a 47-year-old worker and injury to a 30-year-old colleague during a drainage work project in Santacruz East. The contractor allegedly carried out unauthorized work without the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) permission and neglected to provide safety equipment.
The incident took place on September 28 between 10:30 am and 11 am outside Bhavyaniketan Housing Society on TPS Road No. 8. Santosh Ganpat Kashte, 47, died while Ajay Dhyanchand Thakur, 30, sustained injuries. Jadhav was arrested and the case was registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
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