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The death of a woman conservancy worker on contract triggered a protest at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) office in south Mumbai today. Sumati Devendra (35) found dead in her rented room in suburban Vile-Parle this morning. Though a union leader claimed that Devendra committed suicide as she was without job for the last six months, the same cannot be confirmed with the police. Hundreds of contractual sanitation workers staged a protest at the BMC with Devendra's body and demanded action against civic officials who, they said were responsible for Devendra's joblessness.