Team Goemkarponn
VASCO: Vasco Police have registered a case against a Shantinagar-based contractor following the death of a labourer who allegedly fell from the second floor of a building while carrying out dismantling work at New Vaddem.
The case was registered on a complaint filed by PSI Akanksh Fadte Dessai of Vasco Police Station. According to police, the incident occurred at around 2.12 pm on July 6 at a house near the Goa State Co-operative Bank in New Vaddem.
Police identified the accused as Hapich Hossain, a resident of Shantinagar, Vasco, originally from Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He had reportedly engaged mason and labourer Altab Mian, a resident of New Vaddem and a native of West Bengal, to remove metal plates erected over wooden scaffolding on the second floor of the building.
During the work, the contractor allegedly failed to provide adequate safety measures, including safety belts, helmets and proper fall-protection equipment, and permitted the labourer to work at height under unsafe conditions.
As a result, Altab Mian allegedly lost his balance, fell from the second floor, sustained grievous injuries and later succumbed.
Based on the findings, Vasco Police have registered an offence under Section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the contractor.
Further investigation is being carried out by PSI Akanksh Fadte Dessai under the supervision of PI Vaibhav Naik and the guidance of Mormugao DySP Gurudas Kadam.
