One labourer dead, 6 injured after falling from a building

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Feb 17 2016 | 12:02 AM IST
A labourer died while six others were injured after they allegedly fell from the scaffolding at an under construction building in suburban Dahisar today, police said.
28-year-old Prakash Vinod Patra died at the hospital while another man, Bipin (35) was critically injured, police said.
The incident took place at around 11.45 am today at Ekdanta Apartment in Ishwar Nagar in Dahisar here.
Prakash and six others were doing plastering work standing on the scaffolding of the eighth floor when they allegedly fell, police said.
Apart from the labourers, 38-year-old Elizabeth Edwin Kale was also injured when a part of the scaffolding fell on her when she was passing by, they said.
Police has registered a case of negligence against the builder.
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First Published: Feb 17 2016 | 12:02 AM IST

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