Via PTI
THANE: 3 minor sisters have been killed when a container truck tilted and fell on them whilst unloading coal in Bhiwandi tehsil in Thane district of Maharashtra, police stated on Wednesday.
Their two-year-old sister escaped unharmed within the coincidence which happened at Tembivili village on Tuesday evening at a brick kiln, the place their oldsters have been hired as employees, a Bhiwandi taluka police station professional stated.
4 individuals, together with the brick kiln proprietor, have been arrested in reference to the incident, police stated.
A container truck used to be unloading coal on the brick kiln when its hydraulic gadget evolved a snag because of which the truck tilted on one aspect and fell at the 3 sisters who have been slumbering close to the spot, he stated.
The deceased ladies, elderly between 3 to seven years, have been daughters of a brick kiln worker-couple, the professional stated.
Police registered a case underneath segment 304 A (inflicting demise by means of negligence) of the Indian Penal Code towards the arrested individuals, who have been later produced ahead of an area courtroom which remanded them in police custody for 2 days.
The mummy of the 4 ladies had allowed the 3 deceased siblings to sleep in a thatched hut within the brick kiln and positioned the infant in a cradle made of garments and hung it to a tree by means of the aspect in their hut, villagers stated.
Because the two-year-old kid used to be a ways clear of the hut, she escaped unharmed, they stated.
The police stated the daddy of the sufferers had long past out to reply to nature’s name on the time of the incident.
In keeping with the sufferers’ father, the circle of relatives – comprising the couple and their 4 daughters – were staying within the thatched hut within the brick kiln itself.
His oldsters are living only a distance away.
The ones arrested integrated Gopinath Madvi, the landlord of the brick kiln, Suresh Ramdas Patil, who had introduced the coal, and truck driving force Toufik Shaikh, the police stated.
