The legal firm Hariani & Co. representing the Maru family is soon going to file a contempt petition in the death case of a Lalbaug resident, Rajesh Maru. Even after over a month post the Bombay High Court (HC) order directing BYL Nair Hospital and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to pay the Maru family Rs 10 lakh as compensation, it has not been paid.

Rajesh was killed when he was sucked in by the magnetic waves of an MRI machine in January 2018. Rajesh was visiting an ailing relative at the civic-run hospital. He was allegedly told by a hospital attendant to carry an oxygen cylinder into the MRI room. As soon as he stepped into the room, the magnetic force pulled him in towards the MRI machine. The nozzle of the oxygen cylinder broke and the high amounts of oxygen entering his body as he breathed, killed him.

The Marus got an HC order on September 17 this year, stating that the BYL Nair Hospital and the BMC respectively have to release interim compensation to the tune of Rs 10 lakh in favour of Shyamji Maru (Rajesh's father). It also cited that the amount must come in within six weeks of the order. Maru is required to deposit this amount in a recurring Fixed Deposit (FD) account of a nationalised bank for five years.