Owners son worker asphyxiate in shops basement in east Delhi
New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Two men died of suffocation in the basement of a shop in east Delhis Gandhi Nagar area on Sunday police said They said an incident was reported to them at 1207 pm about two men getting trapped in a shop basement The shop R K Trading company is located on main road in Kailash Nagar area and deals in assembling of cycle rickshaws meant for carrying goods When police reached the shop it met Abrar one of the workers there According to Abrar he along with Vaibhav Khaturia the son of the owner and another worker had reached the shop around 1030 am They started their work and needed some wooden planks for assembling So Abrar went to fetch rims said a senior police officer While he was gone the owners 22-year-old son and a 40-year-old Zakir went down in the basement of the shop and slipped on the makeshift stairs made with loose planks the officer said When Abrar came back after 5 minutes he saw the two men stuck inside in an unconscious state police said He called the police immediately and shouted for help Both men were taken out with the help of locals and police and were rushed to a hospital but couldnt survive Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahdara R Sathiyasundram said When it was inspected the basement was found to be very narrow and suffocating with a strong smell of chemical police said Later it was conjectured that basement may have been sprayed with chloropyrifos a termite resistance chemical police said PTI NIT NIT VN VN
New Delhi Mar 20 PTI Two men died of suffocation in the basement of a shop in east Delhis Gandhi Nagar area on Sunday police said They said an incident was reported to them at 1207 pm about two men getting trapped in a shop basement The shop R K Trading company is located on main road in Kailash Nagar area and deals in assembling of cycle rickshaws meant for carrying goods When police reached the shop it met Abrar one of the workers there According to Abrar he along with Vaibhav Khaturia the son of the owner and another worker had reached the shop around 1030 am They started their work and needed some wooden planks for assembling So Abrar went to fetch rims said a senior police officer While he was gone the owners 22-year-old son and a 40-year-old Zakir went down in the basement of the shop and slipped on the makeshift stairs made with loose planks the officer said When Abrar came back after 5 minutes he saw the two men stuck inside in an unconscious state police said He called the police immediately and shouted for help Both men were taken out with the help of locals and police and were rushed to a hospital but couldnt survive Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahdara R Sathiyasundram said When it was inspected the basement was found to be very narrow and suffocating with a strong smell of chemical police said Later it was conjectured that basement may have been sprayed with chloropyrifos a termite resistance chemical police said PTI NIT NIT VN VN
