MUMBAI: Two days after two zari workers were crushed to death after a cement concrete slab from an underconstruction highrise on E Moses Road fell on them, Worli police on Thursday arrested the contractor and two workers for allegedly causing death by negligence.
The accused - contractor Iqbal Siddiqui (48), and helpers Gulab Husain and Jalal Siddiqui - were produced before a local court which sent them to judicial custody. "The workers were drilling on the top floor and the concrete slab fell from there," said a police officer, adding that no safety measures were taken by them .
On Tuesday night, Sabir Ali Mirza (37) and Imran Khan (29), who worked at an export company, were at a tea stall when the slab came crashing down on them from the 42nd floor of Four Seasons Residency, near Four Seasons Hotel, in Worli. The slab also damaged a tourist car and a taxi.
On Wednesday, Worli police booked the builder, contractor, and supervisor among others under the India Penal Code Section 304A for causing death by negligence.
Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mum...
Read MoreMateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.
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