Greater Noida: 32-year-old dies after house slab collapses on him

GREATER NOIDA: A 32-year-old worker died while another got injured when they got trapped under rubble after a portion of the house, in which they were engaged in welding work, collapsed in NTPC society on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Qayyum, who lived in Nai Aabadi village of Dadri along with his family. Police said he came to one Kishore Sinha’s house in the society for some welding work in the evening. He was fixing an iron grille on the terrace of the three-storey house, along with Sinha’s house help Nand Kishore, when the accident occurred. Police received information about the accident around 7.30pm.
“Prima facie, the collapsed portion was a thick slab attached to the door wall in which the deceased was fixing the grill while the house help was standing next to him. It fell straight on the welder. The house help rescued himself as well as Qayyum out of the rubble. They were rushed to a nearby hospital, however, Qayyum succumbed to his injuries,” said RP Singh Shekhawat, senior sub-inspector at Sector Beta 2 police station, adding that Nand Kishore is out of danger but has been kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The house owner told the police that the slab was larger than its normal size and had cracks in it .
“He was apparently informed about the weak portion. It seems that the portion left the plaster due to the heat and pressure of the welding work,” said Shekhawat. The body was sent for an autopsy before being handed over to the family, said police. Since no complaint has been filed by Qayyum’s family, police have not lodged an FIR in the case.