Dev Singh, a labourer from Jharkhand (Palamu district), died on November 03 in Bengaluru while undergoing treatment in a hospital after an accident. After the intervention of the State Government in the matter, his body reached his village Avasan village in Palamu on the evening of November 05 by an ambulance. The last rites were performed on November 05 after the body was handed over to the relatives.
Dev Singh was working as a mechanic in an under-construction building in Kadapa area of Bangalore. He was a resident of Avasan village located in Chainpur block of Palamu.
According to information, Dev Singh was going to sleep after having dinner on the night of last October 31. His foot slipped and he fell down from the building. Later Dev Singh's colleagues saw him and he was admitted to Cuddapah Hospital the next day. Seeing his critical condition, the contractor admitted him to Wenlock District Hospital in Puthur, South Karnataka.
During treatment, Dev Singh died on November 03. The incident was informed to the State Migrant Workers Control Room of the Labour Department by MLA KN Tripathi.
On the instructions of the Jharkhand Government, the State Migrant Labour Control Room interacted with the contractor and the concerned police station of Bangalore and got the post-mortem done of the deceased Dev Singh. After talking to the control room, the control room contacted the contractor and asked him to make arrangements to send his dead body to Jharkhand. The contractor provided a total of Rs 1,30,000 to send the body by ambulance to Palamu.
Labour Department officials, State Migrant Workers Control Room and Bangalore Police Administration have been of special cooperation in bringing back the dead body.