Summary:
On Thursday, eight men were engaged for cleaning four septic tanks on the premises of the Pride Presidency Luxuria housing society from 4 pm onwards. A DAY after three labourers were killed while cleaning septic tanks at a housing society in Thane, police on Saturday arrested the two contractors who had employed the men and two members of the housing society’s managing committee. AdvertisingSenior Inspector A V Deshmukh of Kapurbawadi police station said contractors Vaibhav Patil and Jitendra Khair, as well as the secretary and chairman of Pride Presidency Luxuria housing society in Dokhali, have been arrested. The arrangements made by the contractors to ensure the safety of the workers is also under investigation, he said. Advertising“We have arrested secretary Suman Narsana (43) and chairman Harbhajan Singh Bhatia (69) of the housing society because they were the ones who had entered into a contract with the firm,” he said..