Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 23
Two housekeeping staff members of Pirates of Grill, a restaurant in Rajouri Garden, died of suffocation while cleaning the kitchen waste treatment unit, while two others were admitted to the Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital in a serious condition.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (West district) Monika Bhardwaj, the police received the information around 1:30 pm.
The DCP said prima facie it seemed that the housekeeping staff entered the sewage treatment unit for cleaning but they become unconscious just after entering the unit. They were taken to the hospital, where Rakesh (45) and Ajay (19) were declared brought dead by the doctors, while Pankaj and Raju were in a critical condition. They are still unable to record any statement.
An FIR has been registered against the restaurant owner under Section 304 of the IPC, the DCP said.
The government had administered oath to the owners of private hospitals, malls, schools and other buildings that they would not use unskilled labours for cleaning septic tanks and sewers. But still unskilled labourer were been pushed to sewers without proper gear resulting in their deaths.
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