Bandra building security guard was found dead on Tuesday morning. (Representational)
A 60-year-old security guard died in an upscale suburban Bandra building after allegedly stepping into a lift shaft and falling to death from the eleventh floor.
Radheshyam Harijan, an Allahabad resident, was found by another security guard on Tuesday morning hours after he went missing in Everest Cooperative housing society on Hill Road where he worked as a security guard for two years. His body was found on the ground floor of the lift duct.
According to residents, the lift got stuck at 17th floor on Monday. On Tuesday at around 5.30-6 am, Harijan went to eleventh floor to collect car keys of a resident.
It is suspected when he pressed the lift button, the automatic doors opened even when the lift was not on same floor. “He must have stepped into the shaft accidentally and fallen,” said another security guard.
Harijan’s body was taken to Bandra Bhabha hospital where he was declared dead. “The body was brought around 8.30 am. A post mortem would be conducted now,” said medical superintendent Dr Pradeep Jadhav.
Staffers in the building said there have been frequent issues with the lift in past few months. Harijan’s family was informed about his demise, relative Kripa Shankar Ratnakar said.