Mall staff dies on first day of work

36-year-old Manjunath, working as house-keeping staff in Vegacity Mall on Bannerghatta Road, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the first day of his work on Thursday. A resident of JP Nagar, he was married and had two children.

He was loading goods on to the elevator on the ground floor of the mall when he died.

The incident came to light when two of his colleagues found that he was not responding to their calls and went in search of him. They found him lying motionless and alerted the management. The management came to the spot but did not call for medical help or take to hospital, but covered his body with cardboard sheets , alleged Mallesh, relative of Manjunath.

The Mico layout police rushed to the spot and conducted spot inspection before shifting the body for post-mortem. The police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are questioning the staff.

The family of Manjunath alleged negligence on the part of the management.