Man killed in lift

Julius Gomes / TNN / Sep 28, 2006, 00:32 IST

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A 22-year-old electrician was killed when an elevator he was repairing crushed him against a shaft wall at Sub Ka Ghar Apartments in Dwarka.

NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old electrician was killed when an elevator he was repairing started moving down and crushed him against a shaft wall at Sub Ka Ghar Apartments in Dwarka on Wednesday.
"We got a distress call at 7.20 am that someone was stuck in the lift. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. But the victim, Tun Tun, died before we reached there,"a Delhi Fire Services official said.
According to the residents, the elevator of block A had stopped functioning on Tuesday evening and the society electricians had been told to repair it.
The cabin of the elevator was stuck between the second and third floors of the seven-storeyed building.

Tun Tun was on duty on Wednesday morning and was informed about the glitch by the guard. He was last seen alive around 5.30 am.
When after two hours, Tun Tun didn't report to the guard, people were sent to look for him and his body was discovered.
"We don't know exactly how it happened as their were no eye-witnesses. By the time people realised what had happened, the electrician had died,"said A K Kaul, a resident of block A. "It took the fire-fighters two hours to break open both doors of the lift and also portions of the wall around the first floor lift door to extract the body,"he added.

The body was then sent to the hospital for post-mortem and the police were informed."It is clearly a case of accidental death and we don't suspect foul play at the moment. We have not registered an FIR in the case yet, but we will be probing the allegations of negligence,"said a police official.
The residents alleged that the elevators in the compound had not been serviced or maintained ever since the society came up eight years ago. Said another resident, Rajeev Bhat, "The electrician was killed for no fault of his. Lack of proper infrastructure and maintenance is to blame."
Two months ago, an elevator in block C had caught fire due to short circuit in the generator set. Even then, residents had voiced their concern about the safety of lifts, but apparently nothing was done.
Usually a managing committee is responsible for maintenance work in housing societies, but the committee had been removed by the registrar of co-operative societies (RCS) following allegations of fraud and inadequacy.
About a year ago, the RCS had deputed one J S Kapila as the administrator and care-taker of the society. Despite repeated requests by the residents, nothing was done about the poor condition of elevators. Kapila — who could not be contacted — did not even visit the spot after the electrician's death,residents alleged.

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