MISSING GUARD FOUND DEAD IN LIFT DUCT OF BUILDING

A 37-year-old security guard, who was reported missing a few days ago, was found dead in the lift duct of an underconstruction building in Goregaon. The police registered a case of death by negligence against an unknown person.

Sunil Jaiswal, the deceased, began working on site on March 28 after leaving his previous job. He got this job through his father Ramshitoman Jaiswal, who works as a security guard at the same site and had started just a week before Sunil. Ramshitoman mentioned to police that Sunil worked double shifts for two days, intending to finish on April 4 evening.

Sunil was stationed near a lift and his father was at the main gate. While other people working were leaving around 7.30pm, they told Ramshiroman that his son was not with them.

“This alerted his father as Sunil would routinely get epileptic fits. Along with another security personnel, he searched through the entire construction site, called Sunil’s phone but found it switched off, called his other sons to enquire whether Sunil returned home and informed the company about his disappearance,” informed an officer from Goregaon police. He added that after waiting for a couple of days to see whether his son would go back to their village in Uttar Pradesh, Ramshiroman registered a missing complaint with the Goregaon police. Around noon on April 7, Ramshiroman was informed by a worker that a slightly decomposed body had been found in the lift duct of the site. Two of his sons arrived at the site to hand him his lunch. “When they went to see, they identified the body to be Sunil’s,” said the officer.

“Based on the family’s version of events, an unknown person was booked under section 304A of the IPC for causing death by negligence. We have sent some samples for chemical analysis as the cause of death has not yet been ascertained. We are recording the statements of those who were present near the duct that day to understand what happened to Sunil,” said the officer.