Worker gets stuck in lift on 21st floor of under-construction building; rescued after 15 hours
Thane (PTI): A 39-year-old worker got trapped in a suspended cradle lift at an under-construction highrise building in Maharashtra's Thane city and was rescued safely after 15 hours on Wednesday morning, officials said.
The worker, a native of Kolkata, was engaged in painting work using the cradle (an open lift) when a sudden power outage left him stranded on the 21st floor of the building located opposite a petrol pump in Majiwada area at around 3 pm on Tuesday, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.
"The power failure occurred in the under-construction building, which comprises a parking basement, four other floors of parking and a 35-storey tower. The incident was reported to our disaster management centre at 2:02 am on July 9 by the Balkum fire station after getting an alert from the construction site, and an SOS was raised," he said.
The official said when he reached the site at around 4 am, only a construction supervisor was present, and there was no immediate solution in sight.
"The lift was non-operational due to power outage, and I was informed that help was delayed because the power employees were on strike. I then personally contacted a senior Maharashtra state electricity officer, who promptly deployed two staff members," Tadvi said.
The site engineer was also contacted and directed to arrange for a private generator.
"Within 30 minutes, a generator was brought to the site. With the coordinated effort of the disaster management officers, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team, police, fire brigade, electricity company staff and the generator crew, we safely brought down the trapped worker at around 6 am," Tadvi said.
The worker did not suffer from any injury, he said, while highlighting lapses in the safety protocols at construction sites.
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Karnataka Transport Dept uncovers alleged ₹37 lakh tax evasion involving Lamborghini in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Officials of the Karnataka Transport Department have uncovered an alleged tax evasion case involving a luxury Lamborghini Huracan Evo in Bengaluru. The evasion was carried out with forged documents which were allegedly used to evade over ₹37 lakh in road tax and penalties, officials said on Monday.
According to a report published by The Indian Express, an anonymous email was received by the transport department on December 12, 2025, which alleged that using fabricated documents, H1 Car Care had fraudulently registered the high-end vehicle at the Kasturinagar Regional Transport Office (RTO). The additional commissioner (Enforcement) ordered an inquiry after photographs of the allegedly forged paperwork, attached to the email were examined.
A police complaint was filed by Senior Motor Vehicle Inspector Ranjith N at the Kodigehalli police station. The complaint noted that the Lamborghini, bearing registration number KA-03-NX-0016, was originally purchased by Harsha Infra Cons Pvt Ltd from a Lavelle Road showroom on June 1, 2022, for ₹3,00,68,729.
The vehicle was temporarily registered at the Electronics City RTO from June 2 to July 1, 2022. Later the company sought permission to register it at a Regional Transport Office in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Investigators discovered that the accused had allegedly created fraudulent documents. He stated that H1 Car Care purchased the same vehicle in September 2025, about three years after it was sold and registered to Harsha Infra Cons. The alleged purchase price was shown as ₹3,00,58,729.
An official quoted by TIE said that the forged documents reused the same invoice number that had originally been issued to the first buyer, which is illegal. Investigators called an authorized Lamborghini dealer during verifications, who confirmed that the vehicle was sold to Harsha Infra Cons. The dealer further claimed that the invoice dated September 1, 2025, was reportedly issued to H1 Car Care, however it was never generated by the showroom and seemed to be faked.
After reviewing the paperwork, the Kasturinagar RTO determined that the fake papers were utilized to achieve the illegal registration. Officials informed that the vehicle was also undervalued to evade road tax and penalties amounting to over ₹37 lakh accumulated over the three-year period.
Following confirmation of the forgery, senior transport officials ordered the immediate seizure of the vehicle. The Lamborghini was traced on February 7 and seized from Sahakarnagar, where it was found linked to premises associated with H1 Car Care.
