Noida: A 23-year-old laborer died after falling from the 12th floor on Thursday night in the under-construction Ivory County Project located in Sector-115, Noida. The deceased has been identified as Javed Hussain, a resident of West Bengal. He was the foreman and labor in-charge in the project.
After the incident, family members and workers have accused the contractor of trying to make the body disappear by hiding it in the debris. In protest, workers stopped work on Friday and demanded action. According to family members, Javed fell from a height at around 8 pm on Thursday night, due to which he died. It is alleged that after the accident, the contractor tried to make the body disappear by putting it in the debris. The workers say that they were not even allowed to see the body and it was quietly removed from there.
It is also alleged that the person who took the body for post-mortem left the place without informing anyone. It is also being claimed that the contractor has absconded from the spot after the incident.
Workers stopped work, demanded action
After getting information about the incident, anger spread among the family members and other workers. The workers protested by stopping work in the project on Friday. Their demand is that complete information about the accident should be given and an impartial investigation should be conducted in the matter and action should be taken against the culprits. The family members allege that they were not even informed about taking away the dead body.
On receiving the information, Police Station Sector-113 reached the spot. The police filled the panchayatnama of the body and sent it for post-mortem. According to the police, necessary legal action is being taken in the matter. The circumstances under which the accident took place and how much truth is there in the allegations of hiding the dead body can be confirmed only after investigation.