Tension prevailed at Sion Hospital late on Friday after relatives of a 55-year-old labourer, Khalin Shaikh, refused to accept his body following his death during treatment. The deceased, identified as Kalim Shaikh, was working at a construction project in CGS Colony, GTB Nagar, when the incident occurred.
Shaikh’s distant relatives, who live in the city, refused to accept the body, demanding proper inquiry in the matter on Friday. His son arrived here from Delhi on Saturday afternoon and consented to an autopsy after an FIR was registered against the project site supervisors.
“The builder’s employees had first called us after the incident happened instead of calling an ambulance or the police for help. He may have survived if care had been provided to him rather than trying to manipulate and settle things by calling us first,” said Shaikh’s nephew.
Shaikh was resting near a stack of marble tiles when the pile suddenly fell on him, injuring his spine. He collapsed on a table, hurting his chest. Doctors at Sion Hospital stated that he had succumbed to his injuries and blood loss.
Though authorities from Sion Hospital informed Antop Hill police about the death immediately on Friday evening, the FIR was only registered on Saturday. “Naved Mohammed Rahim Shaikh and Nasib Alam — both site supervisors [at the TransIndia project] — have been booked under Sections 106(1) and 3(5) of BNS Act,” said DCP Ragasudha R.
