VASCO
A 25-year-old migrant worker died after allegedly falling off the second floor of a building under construction at Zuarinagar-Sancoale on Friday evening.
The deceased has been identified as Ijaj Biswas, a native of Berhampore in Murshidabad, West Bengal.
According to Verna police, the incident occurred on November 6 when Biswas was engaged in painting work at the construction site. He reportedly lost his footing and fell from the second floor of the building, sustaining critical injuries.
He was immediately shifted to the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) at Chicalim, where the doctor on duty declared him brought dead.
Police received information about the incident from the casualty department of SDH Chicalim at around 5.46 pm. Police conducted an inquest panchanama and later shifted the body to South Goa District Hospital at Margao for medico-legal formalities.
During the preliminary enquiry, police learnt that Biswas had been working as a painter-cum-helper at the construction site for the past seven days.
Verna police have registered a case of unnatural death under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Further investigation is being conducted by PSI Prisly Carvalho of Verna Police Station under the supervision of PI Anand Shirodkar and the guidance of Mormugao SDPO SP Gurudas Kadam.
