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After Talawade Wall Collapse Kills Couple, Families Refuse Bodies Over Compensation

Police have opened an investigation into the contracting chain behind the site.

Overview

  • An under-construction brick compound wall collapsed around 4:30 pm Friday at Jyotiba Nagar in Talawade, trapping three labourers.
  • Sachin Shankar Rathod, 30, and his wife, Komal, 25, died at the scene, while Manohar Bhiku Chavan, 38, is being treated at Imperial Hospital in Chikhli.
  • Relatives gathered at YCM Hospital in Pimpri declined to accept the bodies and demanded compensation from the labour contractor.
  • Police said the open plot belongs to businessman Sadashiv Agale, who awarded the work to contractor Deepak Devaji Jadhav, who hired labourers from a local naka.
  • Officers moved the bodies to YCM Hospital for postmortem and said further legal action is under consideration as the probe continues.