Body of a labourer working in GMR Power Plant was found under mysterious circumstances near the Kaharora pond on Friday. The body was sent for post-mortem and police said that only after the post-mortem report is obtained the reason of death could be known.
According to the Station House Officer (SHO) Kharora Narayan Oti the deceased was identified as Bhagat Nayak (60) hailing from Sinhgbhoom district Jharkhand. “The former Sarpanch of Kharora informed police that body of a man was lying near the Kharora pond. Accordingly we reached on the spot and found that the man was wearing boots and jackets of GMR Company,” said SHO.
The SHO further informed that during preliminary investigations we have found that man had reached Raipur along with his nephew on May 5 after working for a day in the plant he went missing. later his body was found on Friday. "No marks of external injuries were seen on the body of deceased and hence we would be able to tell the reason of death only after the post-mortem," SHO maintained. Meanwhile a case in this connection has been registered with Kharora police station and police is investigating the case.
The GMR Power Plant officials based in Raipur expressed complete ignorance over the matter and refused to comment over the matter. However the official said that power plant of GMR is being constructed on EPC (Erection Procurement and Construction) model. The work for construction of plant has been handed over to a private company who in turn has hired several other agencies for various works. It is possible that the deceased worker may belong to any one of those companies, official added.