A mason working on the new Parliament building site died last week, leading to inquest proceedings into the unnatural death, the Delhi Police said on Tuesday.
The police as well as a spokesperson for Tata Projects Limited, which is the Central Public Works Department’s (CPWD) contractor for the project, told The Hindu that a worker, Gya Singh, was found unconscious in a toilet on site and declared dead when taken to a nearby hospital. The Tata Projects spokesperson said the incident occurred late on July 13 and that the worker suffered from heart ailment. The CPWD spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP, New Delhi) Amrutha Guguloth said the 49-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district had been working as a mason with Balaji Construction on the new Parliament building for the past one year. She said the information was lodged on July 14 at Parliament Street Police Station.
