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Third Worker Dies After Chembur Construction Fall in Mumbai

Police have filed a negligence case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, naming six people from the contractor's team as accused.

Overview

  • Gunadhar Roy, 22, died at 12:30 pm on Wednesday at Sion Hospital, raising the toll from the February 28 fall to three.
  • Six labourers plunged from the sixth floor at the Adityaraj Springs site in Subhash Nagar after a temporary wooden platform gave way, police said.
  • The earlier fatalities were Ramallu (also reported as Desapogu Ramanjaneyulu), 55, declared dead on arrival, and Vijay Morya, 35, who died on March 1 after multiple surgeries.
  • Chembur police booked six under BNS Sections 106(1), 125(a), 125(b) and 3(5); four received notices to appear, while Satish Patel and Jitesh Patel are absconding.
  • Among the injured, Kush Roy remains in intensive care on ventilator support, while Ramesh Pratap Roy and Sandip Gopal Roy are reported stable at Rajawadi Hospital.