New Delhi: Civil Aviation Security chief Rakesh Asthana, who hogged the headlines due to his bitter fight with former CBI chief Alok Verma, is among three IPS officers who have been given the top pay scale, according to a Personnel Ministry order.

Asthana, a Gujarat-cadre IPS officer, along with the head of National Investigation Agency (NIA) Y C Modi were given the top pay scale of Rs 2.25 lakh, it said.

S S Deswal, Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), has also been given the apex pay scale.

All the three officials are 1984-batch IPS officers.

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Thane (PTI): Two labourers were killed on Saturday when a crane collapsed at the under-construction Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road project site in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said.

According to the police, the “gantry crane coastal girders platform”, where labourers were working, suddenly collapsed at 12:30 PM in Bhayander (West), severely injuring Raghunath Das (38) and Kana Singh (45). They were declared dead at a hospital.

"Police have registered a case of accidental death and are investigating," said Bhayander police station senior inspector Jitendra Kamble.

Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain the exact cause of the crane collapse and to determine if any negligence was involved.

The Dahisar-Bhayander Link Road (DBLR) elevated coastal road project connects Dahisar (West) and Bhayander (West).