Bodies of the eight labourers who had died in a building mishap in the Gagar area of Ramgadh block of Nainital district on Saturday were handed over to the bereaved family members after post mortem examination on Sunday. It will be recalled that while working on exacavation four the foundation of a building being constructed in the Gagar area, a block of earth collapsed and buried the labourers. The post mortem of their bodies was conducted by a group of doctors on Sunday. The bereaved family members are reported to have taken the bodies for the last rites to the native villages of the labourers in Jharkhand and lakhimpur.
It will be recalled that digging for foundation of a building which caused the fatal collapse had killed the eight workers while one labourer was extricated alive. Acting on the direction on Nainital district magistrate Deepak Rawat, a team of doctors from Nainital reached Ramgadh where they conducted the post mortem examinations on the bodies. The Bhowali police kotwal Indra Singh Rana confirmed that family members had taken the eight dead bodies to their native villages for cremation and last rites.