Finance
Noida: Noida police have filed an FIR against the maintenance firm and the residents’ body office-bearers of a housing society as well as German elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp, charging them for negligence leading to the death of an elderly woman, officials said today.
A 72-year-old woman died of a possible heart attack on Thursday after the cable of a lift snapped in a residential tower of Paras Tierra Society, leading to a free fall between floors, police said.
They said that Sushila Devi was alone in the lift, which did not hit the ground but got caught between some of the middle floors of the building before getting stuck on the 25th floor. The incident took place around 4.30 pm in the high-rise society located in Sector 137.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida) Anil Kumar Yadav said that they lodged an FIR based on a complaint filed by the woman’s son, and they are currently conducting further investigation.
The local Sector 142 police station has lodged the FIR under Indian Penal Code sections 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 304A (causing death by negligence) against seven people, including the society’s maintenance firm, office-bearers of the Apartment Owners’ Association (AoA), and ThyssenKrupp.
Those named are Ajay Singh Shekhawat and Santosh Kumar Baral, both directors of A N Secure, Monik Sharma, the facility manager of A N Secure, Ramesh Gautam, president of the AoA, Anang Pal Chauhan, vice president of AoA, and Neetu Salar, treasurer of AoA, according to the FIR seen by PTI.
After the incident on Thursday, several residents of the society had gathered in the common areas of the housing complex to protest the lack of maintenance of facilities and demanded that the office-bearers of the AoA resign immediately.
Senior officials talked to the woman’s family and the AoA members, and the police force deployed at the spot in view of the law and order situation.
Yadav stated that the incident occurred around 4.30 pm, but they informed the police about it only after 7 pm, and by then, the woman had already died. They took her to a hospital, but all efforts were in vain.
The officer said they took AoA president Ramesh Gautam to a hospital on Thursday night after his health deteriorated.
