Excelsior Correspondent
BANIHAL, May 3: A young labourer was today killed after falling from an under-construction site on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway in the Silard, Sher Bibi area of Ramban district on previous evening.
The deceased has been identified as Sanik Khan, son of Shahid Khan, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
According to fellow workers present at the site, the incident occurred during ongoing construction work on a nearly five-kilometre-long viaduct project being executed by Sehgal India limited, a private construction firm.
The workers alleged that no proper safety equipment had been provided to labourers working at heights, terming the incident the third such fatal accident at the site in past few years.
Police officials said that upon receiving information, a team from police station Banihal rushed to the site and took custody of the body, which was later shifted to Sub-District Hospital Banihal.
The post-mortem examination was conducted on Sunday morning, after which the body was handed over to the deceased’s co-workers.
Police have initiated inquest proceedings under 194 BNSS in the matter.
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