Overview
- Meghwadi police arrested site engineer Shambhu Kumar Palat Paswan, 29, and site manager Gaurav Dineshbhai Sondagar, 39, on culpable homicide charges in the death of 22-year-old Sanskruti Amin.
- An FIR names developer Shraddha Lifestyle LLP, and construction at the Shivkunj redevelopment site has been halted during the investigation.
- Roughly 1,000 residents and cross-party leaders held a candlelight march in Jogeshwari East, demanding the builder’s arrest, compensation, and a citywide audit of construction safety.
- BJP Mumbai president Ameet Satam wrote to the civic chief seeking an audit of all under-construction sites and action against officials if prior safety complaints were ignored.
- A separate near-miss occurred when a rotating blade fell from the same site two days after the fatality, reinforcing residents’ claims of repeated safety lapses.