Mumbai 3 workers die as scaffolding collapses at under-construction building contractor booked

    Mumbai, Mar 12 (PTI) Three workers were killed and one was critically injured after a portion of scaffolding collapsed at a 24-storey under-construction building in Mumbai's Borivali suburb on Tuesday, civic officials said.
    The incident occurred at Kalpana Chawla Chowk in the Soni Wadi area of the suburb and the police later filed a case against the building's contractor, a site engineer and one more person.
     "Scaffolding from the 16th floor of a 24-storey under-construction building collapsed, which resulted in four workers getting injured. They were rushed to Kandivali-based Shatabdi Hospital, where three of them were declared dead, while the condition of the fourth victim is critical," a civic official said.
    After being alerted about the incident, two fire engines were rushed to the spot along with personnel of the fire brigade, police and the civic body.
    The civic official said the deceased were identified as Manoranjan Samatdar (42), Shankar Baidya (26) and Piyush Haldhar (42), while the injured worker, Sushil Gupta (36), was admitted in the ICU.
    A police officer, however, gave a different version of the accident.
    He said the tragedy took place at around 10 am when RCC (reinforced cement concrete) work was going on at the construction site. Four workers, who were shifting a concrete platform to upper floors, fell into a duct on the ground floor from the 16th level, said the police officer.
    Raja Babu, a labourer at the same building, said four workers collapsed while working and three of them died on the spot.
    Hours later, the police registered an FIR (first information report) against three people, including the under-construction building's contractor.
    According to a Borivali police station official, the case was registered against contractor Saroj Kumar Chakrapani Salla (35), site engineer Dhananjay Vijay Parab (29) and foreman Rahul alias Liton Badal Biswas (35).
    Senior inspector Neenad Sawant said, "Three labourers died and another was seriously injured in an accident while carrying out construction work in a dangerous place."
    "We have registered an FIR against three persons, including the building's contractor, under IPC sections 304A (causing death by negligence) and 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and further investigation was underway," said Sawant.

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