A fortnight after the death of a city dentist in the Bhau Daji Lad museum lift collapse, police have found that the lift had no licence to operate for the past 15 years. During questioning, the museum staff told the police that the vendor, Expert Equipment, had not told them that a licence was required to operate the lift.

The vendor, however, claimed that the lift was an 'unconventional' hydraulic one which does not require a licence from the authorities concerned. The Byculla police are now awaiting a report from the Electrical Inspector (lift) to get the exact status of the lift.