Malad builder, contractor booked for negligence after engineer’s accidental death from 10th floor of construction site

According to the police complaint, Sankhe, the civil engineer associated with Shree Jee Builders and Developers, met with the fatal accident on July 7, while he was walking on an iron walkway plank to carry out inspection work.

Sankhe, a Borivali resident, fell on the sixth floor and sustained grievous injuries to his head. He was rushed to the Zenith hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

The police have registered a case against Nimesh Desai of Shri Jee Builders and Developers and other partners and the contractor based on the complaint of the deceased man’s father, Vinod Sankhe, 64, on Tuesday.

They were booked under Sections 106(1) for causing death by negligence and 290 for negligent conduct concerning pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

Sankhe’s father has alleged that the iron walkway plank from where Sankhe fell was not properly fixed on both sides. He also alleged that the accused builder, contractor, and others did not provide adequate safety equipment such as a safety belt, helmet, safety net that are generally needed at a construction sites to the workers.

The police have started recording statements of other workers who have witnessed the incident.