A Juhu flat owner’s rush to get his air conditioner fixed and the service centre owner’s desire to extract as much work as possible out of his employee allegedly led to the death of 27-year-old AC mechanic Suraj Yadav. Yadav, the sole breadwinner of his family of five, was allegedly forced to repair the AC at the fifth-floor Juhu flat of businessman Shailesh Singh on Saturday despite telling Singh that it was too dark to work safely. Yadav received an electric shock while working on the outdoor unit of the AC on Saturday evening and was declared dead on arrival at a hospital.
Yadav’s assistant claims that his pleas for help went unheard by Singh and his family and Yadav was lying on the outdoor unit for nearly 15 minutes after receiving the electric shock before Singh asked a security guard to help.
The Juhu police has booked and arrested Singh, along with the owner and manager of the service centre, for death due to negligence. The accused will be produced in court today.
Long association
Yadav lived in Khar’s Teacher's Colony area with his parents, wife and an 18-month-old son. He had been working at Santosh Service Centre, owned by Santosh Tekwade and managed by Kishor Gaikwad, at Telli Gulli, Andheri (East), for three years.
Speaking to mid-day, Abdul Kadir, who was assisting Yadav on Saturday, said, “Around 5.30 pm, we got a message from office asking us to call or half-a-day’s pay would be docked.
When we called, they asked us to repair the AC at Singh’s fifth-floor flat at West Wind Building I, Gandhigram Road, Juhu. We were asked to finish the work that evening itself.”..
Source: Hindi News
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