Minor woman dies after falling into sewer tank in MP’s Shivpuri; locals stage protest

The incident occurred at round 8 pm on Saturday at Santushti Apartments below Kotwali police station space, inspector Kripal Singh Rathore instructed reporters.

Angry residents staged a protest close to the accident website on Sunday morning, demanding arrest of the constructing proprietor and a probe into the development high quality of the residences.

The woman was enjoying within the premises when she by accident stepped on to the rusted lid of the outdated sewer tank, misplaced her stability and fell into the 15-foot-deep construction.

The different youngsters enjoying along with her raised an alarm, drawing native residents to the spot, the official mentioned.

The woman’s youthful brother, who was proper behind her, narrowly escaped the autumn after a bystander caught maintain of him within the nick of time, police mentioned.

Residents noticed the woman’s slipper floating on the floor however couldn’t find her.

Authorities had been instantly notified, following which groups from the police, native municipal physique and the State Disaster Response Force launched a rescue operation, Rathore mentioned.

The physique was retrieved from the sewer tank at round 1 am on Sunday and despatched for postmortem, he mentioned.

“The tank was in a highly unsafe condition and the cover was completely damaged. Preliminary investigation points to gross negligence by the apartments’ owner,” he added.

A case has been registered in opposition to the Santushti Apartments proprietor, Arjun Diwan, below part 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on the criticism of the sufferer’s father Ravi Badhoria, the official mentioned.

Angry residents staged a protest and accused the residences’ proprietor of ignoring repeated complaints in regards to the tank’s hazardous situation.

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