Chandigarh police on Wednesday arrested the contractor for his negligence at the construction site at Sector-32 where a two year-old boy had fallen into a 15-feet deep hole and was rescued after two and half hours on Tuesday.
“Jaspal Singh, a private contractor was arrested by police for his negligence at the construction site of ITBP officer flats in Sector-32, where the victim had fallen into an open hole. However, the contractor was later released on bail by court,” said Narinder Singh, SHO, PS-34. A case under section 336 and 337 of IPC has been registered against Jaspal, added Narinder Singh.
The housing colony is being constructed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), and the contractor, Rakesh Aggarwal, was also summoned in the case. Rakesh Aggarwal in his statement to police admitted that he was assigned as a contract for construction. Naveen, a two year-old boy on Tuesday fell into the 15-feet deep hole made for an electric pole. However he was later rescued by a joint operation of Chandigarh police and teams of fire brigade and MCC.