Overview
- Police registered an FIR for culpable homicide and arrested three lift operators and two security personnel, with a court remanding them to custody until March 27.
- Preliminary post-mortem findings shared by Kolkata Police cite ante-mortem polytrauma, including chest compression, ruptured heart, lungs and liver, and multiple fractures.
- Forensic teams collected samples from the lift car, collapsible gates, shaft walls and multiple floors as detectives review duty rosters, CCTV and possible mechanical faults.
- Family members allege the elevator had no operator, rescue was delayed by a locked iron grill whose key was with the PWD, and that pleas for help went unanswered.
- Investigators are checking reports that the elevator passed a routine inspection earlier in March and whether the machine room was accessed during the incident, as protests and political criticism continue.