A case was registered against a contractor on Monday, 2 December, in connection with the death of a fireman and a labourer in a trench cave-in which took place on Sunday in Pune, the police said, according to PTI.
Firefighter Vishal Jadhav and civilian Nagesh Jamadar succumbed to their injuries, ANI reported.
On Sunday evening, three firefighters were involved in rescuing three people who had fallen into a trench dug to lay a sewer line in Dapodi in Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad, an official said, PTI reported.
While two of the people were rescued, the three firefighters and the labourer were trapped after the excavated mound of soil loosened and buried them, the official said.
Two firefighters were rescued and the third was brought out but succumbed to injuries later. Meanwhile, the labourer was taken out dead on Monday morning, the Bosari police station official.
"We have booked the contractor and his staff in a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. They did not take necessary precautions at the site," he said.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
(At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)