Overview
- Police said a goods-only lift cable snapped and the car plunged several floors inside the Samaypur factory on Wednesday.
- The deceased were identified as Hariom and Sanjay Mishra, who were taken to BSA Hospital and declared brought dead.
- Factory owner Neha Verma was booked under BNS sections 106(1) and 289 and has been apprehended, and the unit has been sealed.
- Investigators are probing poor maintenance and possible overloading, and police will seek a labour department inspection.
- A crime team completed on-site photographs and forensic documentation, while co-workers and relatives alleged prior complaints about a recurring lift fault.