Overview

• Delhi Police have questioned a hospital safety supervisor, representatives from Friends Enviro Engineers and equipment manufacturers over the deaths of Birjesh (26) and Vikram (30) during carbon filter maintenance at Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute.
• Investigators called in forensic and technical teams from the Forensic Science Laboratory to inspect the sewage treatment plant and document safety protocols.
• The FIR cites death by negligence under Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with sections of the SC/ST Act and the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers Act.
• Early findings indicate the labourers were provided only disposable masks instead of mandatory protective gear and lost consciousness inside the confined carbon filter tank.
• Hospital administration and its annual maintenance contractor remain under scrutiny for potential criminal liability as the investigation continues