VADODARA: A 36-year-old migrant worker, who had set off for his native in Uttar Pradesh on bicycle, was found dead near Karjan town, around 40 km from Vadodara, on Monday night.
Raju Sahni, a native of Kushinagar in UP, was working with an engineering firm in Ankleshwar. His younger brother told Karjan police that Sahni had become terribly homesick as there was no work due to lockdown. He started off on Monday morning on his bicycle.
Late on Monday night, a man named Siraj Saiyed, who lives in Vali Nagri locality of Karjan spotted a body lying in bushes near Jindal Rail Infrastructure Ltd factory. He called 108 emergency services, but the paramedic declared the man dead.
“We saw the bicycle in the middle of the road and the man lying unconscious in the bushes with a backpack beside him,” said Siraj, whose locality is at a walking distance from where Sahni’s body was found.
Karjan police identified him from the Aadhaar card found from his luggage. They also found the identity card of an engineering company that he was working with in Ankleshwar, said police sources.
Post-mortem revealed that Sahni died of heart failure because of bicycling and heat. He had covered a distance of around 60 km.
Sahni was missing his family very much
He may have stopped to take rest but passed away due to severe fatigue,” Karjan police official said.
His brother, who also works in the same company, accepted his body for final rites. Sahni was working in the engineering company since the age of 16, police confirmed.Till Monday evening, around 1,400 migrants working in Bharuch had applied for passes to return to their natives, but only 900 were issued. At least 40,000 migrant workers are employed in various factories in the industrial clusters in the district. Some units have started operations gradually and migrant workers are also back to job there.
Raju Sahni, a native of Kushinagar in UP, was working with an engineering firm in Ankleshwar. His younger brother told Karjan police that Sahni had become terribly homesick as there was no work due to lockdown. He started off on Monday morning on his bicycle.
Late on Monday night, a man named Siraj Saiyed, who lives in Vali Nagri locality of Karjan spotted a body lying in bushes near Jindal Rail Infrastructure Ltd factory. He called 108 emergency services, but the paramedic declared the man dead.
“We saw the bicycle in the middle of the road and the man lying unconscious in the bushes with a backpack beside him,” said Siraj, whose locality is at a walking distance from where Sahni’s body was found.
Karjan police identified him from the Aadhaar card found from his luggage. They also found the identity card of an engineering company that he was working with in Ankleshwar, said police sources.
Post-mortem revealed that Sahni died of heart failure because of bicycling and heat. He had covered a distance of around 60 km.
Sahni was missing his family very much
He may have stopped to take rest but passed away due to severe fatigue,” Karjan police official said.
His brother, who also works in the same company, accepted his body for final rites. Sahni was working in the engineering company since the age of 16, police confirmed.Till Monday evening, around 1,400 migrants working in Bharuch had applied for passes to return to their natives, but only 900 were issued. At least 40,000 migrant workers are employed in various factories in the industrial clusters in the district. Some units have started operations gradually and migrant workers are also back to job there.
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