A 37-year-old lift mechanic was killed when the rusted iron wire holding the lift snapped in a private hotel in Teynampet on Wednesday (March 12, 2025). Two persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.
The police said the deceased Shyam Sundar, a resident of G.K.M. Colony in Jawahar Nagar, was dismantling the old lift inside Hyatt Hotel on Anna Salai near Teynampet when the accident occurred. He was hired by a contractor named Abdul Khader, who was engaged in the purchase of scrap materials.
As Sundar and his co-worker Vinod were at work, the iron wire holding the lift snapped and fell on him. In the impact, the lift mechanic sustained injuries to his head and body and died on the spot.
The Teynampet police have sent the body to Government Omandurar hospital for postmortem examination. Khader and the chief engineer of the hotel M. Kamaraj have been arrested, the police said.
Published – March 13, 2025 04:36 pm IST