Pvt contractor booked for death of two workers in borewell

A day after two labourers died after getting trapped in a borewell at Girgaum in central Mumbai, police today registered a case of negligence against a private contractor under whom they used to work.
The contractor was identified as Sahadev Badape (70), under whose orders the duo-- Balu Javale (39) and Yashwant Javale (47)-- used to work, police said.
They died yesterday after getting trapped inside the tunnel of a borewell, which they had gone to clean.
According to police, the duo had entered the borewell in Fanaswadi area at around noon.
However, they could not climb out of it, which was 40 feet deep with 2.5 feet in diameter.

After half and hour, fire brigade officials brought them out but they were declared dead on arrival at Nair Hospital.