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Delhi Factory Owner Held After Goods Lift Crash Kills Two Workers

Police apprehended the owner over suspected maintenance lapses in the Samaypur crockery unit.

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.