A 40-year-old woman and her young daughter got killed after they allegedly got buried under a 50-ft high garbage
heap which fell on them at a refuse dumping place in the picture, police said on
Friday.
The incident took place on Wednesday but the
bodies of the two were pulled out of the dumping site last night by
Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) authorities after a five-hour-long
search operation. The victims, Poonam Mali and Komal Mali (8),
who had gone to collect firewood for
cooking at the civic body's garbage
depot at Vilholi Naka died of asphyxiation after getting trapped under
the waste, according to an official at Indira Nagar police.
The matter came to light when the duo, both
slum dwellers of Kavathewadi, did not return home till Wednesday evening
following which their family approached NMC officials and Sena activist
Sudam Demse, police said.
Subsequently, civic officials with the help of
JCB machines rushed to the spot on Thursday and succeeded in tracing
the bodies last night, police said, adding an offence has been
registered under CrPC section 174 besides a case of accidental death.
Speaking to reporters, Demse alleged that the
incident happened due to negligence of NMC administration and demanded
construction of a compound wall for the garbage depot.
Source: khaleej times
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