‘Freak accident’: Two workers die after falling off 3rd floor of factory

While an FIR pertaining to causing death by negligence has been registered, the officer said prima facie, no third person was responsible for their deaths.

Two men working at a jeans factory in east Delhi’s Geeta Colony died after falling off the third floor of the factory building on Saturday afternoon, in what the police called a “freak accident” — the two men were on a break from work and “playfully jostling” when they fell.

The police identified the dead men as Shafiq Shaukat, 36, and Shakeel Ali, 46. Both lived in Jafrabad in north-east Delhi. (HT Archive)

“Eyewitnesses said the two workers were playfully jostling about when they accidentally fell off the third floor of the factory,” said a senior police officer.

While an FIR pertaining to causing death by negligence has been registered, the officer said prima facie, no third person was responsible for their deaths.

The police identified the dead men as Shafiq Shaukat, 36, and Shakeel Ali, 46. Both lived in Jafrabad in north-east Delhi.

“Around 2.15pm on Saturday, the men were loafing around the staircase of the building and jostling about when they reached a door that opened to the terrace. While the door appeared to be locked, it was actually not even latched. As the men playfully pushed each other, they both landed on the door together and it opened under their weight,” the officer said.

They fell sideways to the ground. They were rushed to a hospital where both were declared dead on arrival.