Mumbai: ‘I am alive today because of him’

He offered to work before me saying I might be scared of the height, and died. I am alive today because of him," said a disturbed Aftab Ansari, a nephew of Noor Alam, 35, one of the two workers who died when a glass-washing lift collapsed from the 17th floor of a recently built Worli high-rise, Avighna House, on Monday evening. Jameel Ahmed, 24, was the other worker who died. Both the workers were taken to the civic-run Nair hospital but a doctor declared them dead on arrival. An ADR was registered and so far the police have not registered an FIR.

Ansari, 18, a resident of Sonapur, Bhandup said, "For the past six months I have been working with Noor Alam, my uncle, who is the supervisor. I work as a helper making materials during construction and also do stone cutting. On Monday I was assigned to go to the lift and do the cleaning work, but the work was risky and at a great height, so my uncle told me to wait while he went first, because I might get scared due to the height. Later the lift crashed and both were grievously injured. Allah gave him a place in heaven. Because of him I am alive." Alam was a resident of Lalanpur Mau district, Uttar Pradesh.

In Mumbai, he stayed in Bhandup in a rented house with his brother. Alam's brother Noor Mohamed said, "My brother has four kids. I think the company should compensate for the loss." Ahmed, who is a resident of Balram district in UP, has a similar story. He stayed at BKC. His family was unaware that he had died. The police called up his wife in UP and told her that her husband was injured. Around 8.30 pm on Monday Abdul Hakim, his brother came to the hospital. The police then informed him about the demise of his brother.

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Qutub Ali, the brother-in-law of Ahmed, said, "My sister was married to him one-and-a-half years back. She should get compensation." The post mortems took place on Tuesday afternoon. A source from the hospital said, "Noor Alam died due to haemorrhage shock, multiple injuries following head injury and allied history of fall from height. Jameel Ahmed died due to a head injury and allied history of fall from height." The families will perform the last rites at their native place. The Worli police registered the Accidental Death Report (ADR) on Monday. A Mumbai police spokesperson informed mid-day that no FIR has been registered yet in the case.