Navi Mumbai: A section engineer and lineman attached to Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) have been booked for negligence after a contractual employee was permanently disabled while working on a 22,000 KV electrical tower.
The accused have been identified as section engineer Siddharth Dongre and lineman Arjun Chavan. “The contract labourer, Salman Muzaffar Bhivankar, 32, working at the Mahape MIDC office of MSEDCL, lost both his hands and has been permanently disabled due to the negligence of the duo,” an officer from MIDC police station said.
On June 28, due to Eid-ul-Adha, Bhivankar had taken leave, but he was called in the afternoon for some urgent work.
