Doctor death case: BMC gives clean chit to its staff
September 22, 2017 23:47
The panel set up by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation after the death of renowned gastroenterologist Dr Deepak Amrapurkar, who fell into an open manhole during the torrential rain of August 29, has given a
clean chit to civic body employees.
It said there were no "slip ups" on part of the BMC employees but some locals had opened the manholes of storm water drain.
The committee was constituted on the orders of Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to ascertain the cause of the doctor's death and find long-term solution to avoid such incidents.
The 36-page report, which was uploaded on the BMC's website today, said, amidst the heavy downpour, a few locals opened the manholes and left without covering it, which caused the death of Dr Amrapurkar.
The body of the doctor, who had gone missing on August 29 following heavy rains in the megapolis, was recovered the next day from a nullah near the Coast Guard office in central Mumbai's Worli.
Amarapurkar, 58, had left for home on the evening of August 29 by his car but due to waterlogging on the road he asked his driver to drop him near the Elphinstone Road station and started walking towards his residence.
The doctor went missing while he was walking towards his residence when it was pouring heavily.
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