Summary:
The Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) has recently ordered a man to deposit Rs 2 lakh with the local civic body in Bhiwandi to compensate the family of a father-son duo who died while cleaning a manhole in September this year. On the fateful day, Chandrakant and Ramesh climbed into the chamber to start the motor pump and begin cleaning. The local civic body should strictly comply the direction and submit their compliance to the Commission within three months." But in the absence of any safety gear, the duo drowned while cleaning it. Momin was booked under the Indian Penal Code sections 304ii (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and section 304A (causing death by negligence)..