Mill owner booked for death of worker

May 27, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:34 am IST - COIMBATORE:

The District Rural Police have registered a case against a mill owner with causing death by negligence following the death of a worker. According to the police, Parveenthar Singh (19) of Uttar Pradesh, was working in a cotton mill at P.N. Palayam for the past two months.

The mill operated equipment with gog wheels, about four feet high which operated with chains. However, neither the gog wheels nor the chains had protective covering. Parveenthar Singh’s shirt got stuck in the equipment on Sunday and he was dragged into wheels. He suffered severe injuries in the stomach and died on the way to the hospital.

The P.N. Palayam Police have registered a case and invoked Section 304 (A) (Causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code against T. Soundarajan (55), owner of the mill, and M. Gopalakrishnan, the manager.

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