A 35-year-old labourer died after he fell from the ninth floor of an under-construction building, Keelandev Towers of MP Housing Board, near Board Office under MP Nagar police station area on Sunday.
According to the police a labour was found at the ground floor of under construction building Keelandev towers and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
The deceased was identified as Devendra Singh who hailed from Sagar.
Singh sustained head injuries which proved fatal for him claimed the police. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.
In the initial investigation the police found that the deceased used to work with his brother Nilesh Singh at the under construction building for the past few months.
Deceased was laying tiles at the ninth floor and while he was working he fell into the space left open for a lift said police.
The under construction building is Keelandev Towers which is a residential project of Madhya Pradesh Housing Board. The contractor Kaushal Kishore said that the deceased fell accidentally while working.
Police have claimed that the accident might have been caused due to negligence and action would be taken against the responsible person. In case if it is found that the death caused due to negligence a case of causing death by negligence would be registered.
Police said that the accident occurred at around 10 am when the deceased was working and lost balance and fell.