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15-Year-Old Dies After Sewer Chamber Collapse at Shivpuri Apartments

Negligence charges were filed against the owner after an extensive rescue operation prompted residents to protest construction safety

Overview

  • The girl, Utsavi, fell through a weakened sewer tank cover at Santushti Apartments on June 14 evening
  • State Disaster Response Force personnel, police and municipal workers spent nearly four hours retrieving her body from the 15-foot-deep chamber
  • Her father, Ravi Badhoria, lodged a complaint that led Kotwali police to charge owner Arjun Diwan under section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
  • Residents staged a Sunday morning demonstration demanding Diwan’s arrest and a formal inquiry into the complex’s structural integrity
  • Witnesses reported the tank was filled with dirty water, mud and waste and that a bystander rescued Utsavi’s younger brother moments before his fall