2 women labourers killed as under-construction wall collapses in Pune’s Daund

The Daund police arrested contractor Jaykumar Ramchandra Mundafane, 46, a resident of Manjari Budruk, and site supervisor Akshay Bhanudas More, 28, a resident of Mandavgan Pharata, on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and endangering the life and personal safety of others. The police investigation has revealed that no safety gear was provided to the workers on the site.

An officer from the Daund police station said, “A compound wall was being constructed for the premises of Melzer Chemicals Private Limited in Kurkumbh MIDC industrial cluster. A part of the wall had been freshly built and was yet to be set and dried fully. At this time, an earthmover was being used to pour soil to fill the dug-up space adjacent to the wall. Our initial probe suggests that due to pressure created by the soil, a portion of the wall collapsed. The three women who were working from the inside were crushed under the debris.”

The labourers were rushed to a nearby hospital, where Mamatadevi and Sonidevi were pronounced dead on arrival.