Titwala: 3-year old dies after falling in construction pit of Mumbai-Vadodara JNPT highway, case registered

A three-year old girl died after falling in a construction pit at Titwala. Pic/ Navneet Barhate

The Titwala police of Thane rural police have registered a case of causing death by negligence against an contractor, after a 3-year-old died falling into an pit dug at the under construction work of the Mumbai-Vadodara JNPT highway.

The shocking incident of a three-year-old girl drowning in the stagnant water took place at 11 am on Thursday. After the incident locals and the police reached the spot and rescued the girl who was shifted to an nearby hospital were she was declared death.

According to the police, the work of Mumbai-Vadodara highway is going on at Balyani village which lies under the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation. The work of the Mumbai-Vadodara JNPT highway is going on from last few days.

"The deceased is identified as is Rehmunisa Riyaz Shah. She resided in Mira Bhayandar and came along with her family to an relative place identified as Chand Sheikh Shah, who lives in Balyani near Kalyan. The family came to attend the urus an annual festival of the saint Sheikh Pir Valli Shah Baba. The festival is going on at Balyani from February 27. Riyaz Shah and family came to Chand Shah's house to participate in this urus," a police officer said.

"His three-year-old daughter Rehmunisa was also with him. In the morning as Rehmunisa was not seen at home, her family started searching. After some time, her body was found in stagnant water in the underpass of Mumbai-Vadodara JNPT highway," the police officer added.

Meanwhile, Mayur Patil, a former corporator of Shiv Sena-Eknath Shinde group, rushed to the spot as soon as he got the information about the incident. Titwala police was also informed about this incident who reached the spot to start the investigation.

Local citizens have often demanded the concerned contractor to take safety measures in this underpass of this road work. But the concerned contractor ignored this demand and due to the laxity of the contractor, this three-year-old girl lost her life on Thursday.

The Titwala police have reached the spot and the investigation in the incident. "After we found an negligence part in the case. We had registered a case under section 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) of the Indian penal code. We are further investigating the matter and the case is been registered against the contractor Shivalay construction who was carry out the work of the underpass," police said.

"On primary investigation it seems that as he have took precautionary measures it resulted in the accident that lead to the death of the girl. We will investigate who all are responsible for the same and accordingly take action against them," said an police officer.