Police arrest another person in Greater Noida West lift collapse case

The company was involved in the construction of the Dream Valley project in Tech Zone-4 of Greater Noida West, where the accident occurred on Friday.

Officials said Kumar was the signing authority on behalf of the company and he was responsible for the management and security standards of the C-11 and C-12 towers of the project.

“They continued to operate the lift despite the rain. This was deliberate negligence on their part, due to which a tragic incident took place,” said an official.

Another official said the lift has to be inspected by a third-party technical team from time to time, but this was not done. Apart from this, the safety device of the lift was also found faulty because of which it came crashing down from the 14th floor.

On Saturday, the police arrested Devendra Sharma, another general manager of the company.

An FIR under various IPC sections including 304 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide), and 287 (Negligent conduct with respect to machinery) has been lodged against nine people, including officials of NBCC (India) Limited and Girdhari Lal Construction Company along with the lift-company supervisor, project supervisor, and engineer, among others.

Girdhari Lal Construction Company was employed by NBCC, the public sector company which has been completing the unfinished projects of Amrapali Group as per the 2019 Supreme Court order.

The top court had appointed senior advocate R Venkataramani, currently the Attorney General of India, as the court receiver for the project to ensure the possession of the flats to buyers.

Officials said the family of those killed will get a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each, out of which, Rs. 20 lakh will be provided by NBCC and the court receiver will give Rs. 5 lakh.