Builder, lift company booked for engineer’s death at construction site

The 28-year-old engineer, identified as Ritik Rathore, was killed after he fell from the 25th floor of the under-construction building while trying to dismantle a temporary lift around 4.15pm Monday, said police

The Gautam Budh Nagar police have booked the builder group and a lift manufacturing firm for their alleged negligence in the death of a service engineer at an under-construction building site in Noida’s Sector 150 on Monday.

The incident took place at Ace Group’s Parkway project on Monday afternoon.

The incident took place at Ace Group’s Parkway project on Monday afternoon. The 28-year-old engineer, identified as Ritik Rathore, was killed after he fell from the 25th floor of the under-construction building while trying to dismantle a temporary lift around 4.15pm Monday, said police.

“The engineer of the private firm that had installed the temporary lift was called by the builder firm on Monday to dismantle the lift as a permanent full-service lift had been installed at the building. During the process, the supporting system could not bear the load of the lift, and it crashed to the ground from the 25th floor with Rathore in it,” Dinesh Kumar Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police, said.

He added that the deceased was a resident of Firozabad. “His family was informed about the incident who came from Firozabad and submitted a complaint late Monday evening,” he said.

“On the basis of the complaint, an FIR has been registered under Section 304A (death due to negligence) against the proprietors of Ace Group and Spartan Engineering, the agency that installed the temporary lift, late Monday evening after a complaint was submitted by the deceased’s family at the Knowledge Park police station,” said Vinod Kumar Singh, in-charge of Knowledge Park police station, adding that no arrest has been made in the case so far.

When contacted, Spartan Engineering refused comment on the matter.

Spokesperson of Ace Group said, “The company had hired Spartan Engineering, a third-party vendor, for lift services at the construction site. The deceased was an employee of the Spartan Engineering. He had come to the site to dismantle the lift when the accident took place. We always adhere to high safety standards. We are fully cooperating with the police.”

Police said Rathore’s body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem examination. “The family has taken the body back to Firozabad for cremation,” said a police officer.