Updated On: 11 March, 2025 10:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva Agashe
Cops say accused had failed to provide safety gear to labourers working in under-construction building; deceased’s bodies sent for post-mortem analysis

The Bismillah Space building in Nagpada, where the mishap occurred on March 9. Pic/Satej Shinde
The JJ Marg police on Monday arrested two people—the labour contractor and the building contractor—in connection with the Nagpada incident in which four labourers died while cleaning a water tank. The incident took place on Sunday.
According to the BMC, the incident took place at around 12.29 pm when some of the sanitation workers were in the process of cleaning a water tank at Bismillah Space building on Dimtimkar Road. Police have identified the arrested accused as Dalim Shaikh, the labour contractor, and building contractor as
Animesh Bishwas.