Odisha police begin probe into workers’ death

CUTTACK: Two days after three workers from West Bengal allegedly died of asphyxiation inside a under-construction septic tank on the premises of a newly-built Dian Apartment complex at Naranpada near Trisulia, Barang police on Sunday launched a probe into the incident.

A case under 106(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered basing on the FIR lodged by J Alam, a relative of one of the deceased workers Abu Tahir Alli. The other two deceased persons are SK Almin and Krishna Kishore Sarkar.

Barang IIC Biswa Ranjan Nayak said police are questioning the contractor and authorities of the construction company. “We are awaiting the postmortem report to ascertain whether the deaths occurred owing to lack of oxygen or presence of any harmful gas inside the tank,” he added.