Two labourers dead while one injured during construction work at US Embassy
New Delhi, August 14
Two labourers died while one was injured during an ongoing construction work at US Embassy In Delhi.
The police said a part of the building is undergoing construction and the constructions workers were working there in the afternoon when a portion of a crane collapsed on them.
The deceased were dentified as Kanchan (32), Mukesh (33) and Babulal (32), were rushed to Primus Hospital where Kanchan was declared dead on arrival.
Babulal succumbed during treatment in the evening, while Mukesh is undergoing treatment.
The Chanakyapuri police stated that a PCR call at 1.44 at Chanakyapuri police station about the three men injured inside the American Embassy. All three hail from Dausa district in Rajasthan and were in Delhi for work.
The police further said that they are yet to ascertain how part of the crane fell
An FIR has been registered by police under IPC sections 288 (negligent conduct with respect to repairing buildings), 337 (causing hurt by endangering life) and 304A (causing death by negligence).
