Published On : Thu, Feb 4th, 2016

TCS supervisor, guard booked for causing death of woman negligently

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Nagpur: Sonegaon police booked a supervisor and security guard of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd on the charges of causing death of a woman negligently. The woman was trapped under electronic channel gate of the company and was crushed to death due to negligence on the part of the accused supervisor and the security guard.

The deceased has been identified as Savita Viral Turaskar (28), resident of Abhijit Nagar, Wadi. On January 29, 2016, around 1.30 pm, Savita, along with her brother Sagar Shantaram Fating (22) of Hingna, had gone to the office of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Ltd, MIHAN, for interview. Both the sister and brother were standing near the automatic gate of the company. The accused Supervisor Madanlal and the Security Guard Rakesh Bankar, without due verification or observing, activated the electronic gate by pushing the button. The gate got menacingly shut and in the process trapped and crushed Savita who was standing at the gate. Savita received grievous injuries and was rushed to Orange City Hospital where she succumbed at about 14.15 pm on the same day. Subsequent investigation by Sonegaon police revealed that Savita died due to utter carelessness and negligence on the part of the supervisor and the security guard.

On the basis of a complaint lodged by Sagar Fating, who had also suffered serious leg injury in the incident, API Pagar has booked the accused Supervisor Madanlal and the Security Guard Rakesh Bankar under Sections 304(A), 338 of IPC and launched a thorough probe into the case.