Two workers killed as goods lift snaps in Delhi crockery factory
New Delhi (PTI): Two workers were killed after a goods lift snapped and plunged several floors inside a crockery factory in north Delhi's Samaypur area, police said on Thursday.
The incident came to light around 5.20 pm on Wednesday when BSA Hospital informed the police about two people being brought dead with grievous injuries, they said.
The deceased were identified as Hariom (32) and Sanjay Mishra (45), who were employed at a ceramic crockery manufacturing factory operating in Samaypur, a senior police officer said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that the two workers were using a lift meant exclusively for transporting goods between different floors of the factory when the incident occurred.
Police said the lift cable suddenly snapped, causing the lift to come crashing down with the two men inside.
"They sustained critical injuries due to the impact. They were rushed to the hospital, but doctors declared them brought dead," the officer said.
Following the incident, a crime team was called to the spot to inspect the premises. Photographs and other forensic documentation were carried out as part of the investigation.
Officials are examining whether there was any negligence in the maintenance of the lift or a violation of safety norms.
A case has been registered at Samaypur Badli police station under sections 106(1) (causing death by negligence) and 289 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), police said.
Further investigation is underway, they added.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
