A three-year-old boy died after tin plates fell on him at an under construction building in Southwest Delhi's Dwarka Sector 17 area on Sunday afternoon. Police said despite repeated complaints from the workers at the under construction building, the other workers were throwing down tin plates, which hit the three-year-old boy and he died on the spot.
According to police, Deepesh was playing at the under construction building while his parents were engrossed in their respective work when some labourers threw tin plates from the sixth floor to the ground, which hit Deepesh and he collapsed on the spot.
A senior police officer said, "As per the complaint given to us, the incident happened in front of the child's mother."
Both the parents work at the under construction site. Based on the written complaint given by the child's father, a case has been registered.
Harikishan, Deepesh's father said that he had been living in Delhi for past few years. A native of Madhya Pradesh, he came to Delhi to earn a living.
Police have booked the contractor and the owner of the under construction building under section 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Dwarka North police station.
A senior police officer said, "The incident took place in the afternoon while labourers were throwing tin plates from the sixth floor. As per the allegations levelled by the child's family, they had complained to the contractor to discontinue the workers from throwing down the tin plates. The child, while playing on the floor, collapsed. He was taken to the nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead."
After the incident, both the contractor and the owner of the building are absconding.