Contractor booked after worker dies in service lift collapse in Kurla

Complainant Nashid Ali Hasibur Rahman Sheikh said that he was working at the under-construction site along with three other labourers — Mohamed Rizwan Mohamed Mustaqeem Shaikh (28), Mobassir Kalam Shaikh (21) and Nadim (26).

“The four labourers were working as steel fitters in the site. On Friday (June 23) afternoon their contractor instructed them to get some material lying from the 16th and 17th floor to the ground floor,” said an officer.

As per the direction, the four labourers started working.  Nashid and Rizwan were collecting materials from the 17th floor and sending them down through the service lift while the other two workers were collecting the material at the ground floor.

However, while Rizwan was standing on the lift without any safety gear and loading the material on to it when the lift collapsed, the complainant stated.

“The complainant rushed to the ground and he saw Rizwan unconscious. He was rushed to Sion hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said a police official.

The complainant in his statement to police said that their contractor did not provide them with helmets or ropes or any other safety equipment due to which a case of negligence was registered early on Saturday. The contractor is yet to be arrested in the case.