Ghaziabad,

16 Dec (HS): Two workers were killed and many others were critically injured

after a crane hook snapped at an auto parts manufacturing facility in the Sibli

industrial region here, authorities said on Tuesday. The collision happened on

Monday night. A crane hook snapped as the workmen were working on iron frames,

hurting four workers, according to Amit Saxena, Additional Commissioner of

Police (ACP), Modinagar. All four workers were transported to a neighboring

hospital, where two were pronounced dead. The other two injured workers are in

critical condition, he added.

The

deceased have been named as Shahid (20) and Azad Ali (42), while the injured

workers are Saleem and Ayan, both in their mid-20s, according to authorities. According

to the ACP, Saleem, a resident of Ghaziabad's Kaila Bhatta district, owns an

auto parts plant that employs around 85 workers. Following the event, family

members and relatives of the victims entered the facility and caused a

commotion, claiming that safety kits had not been issued to the workers.

The

furious relatives brought the remains inside the factory and chanted slogans

against the owner, demanding his arrest and sufficient recompense for the

killed and injured. Police authorities intervened and informed the families

that necessary action would be taken, and steps were made to transfer the

remains for post-mortem testing. However,

no FIR has been filed in this matter. The ACP stated that an investigation is

underway on the matter.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi