Gurgaon: Three workers died of suffocation after they were allegedly sent into a chemical tank without protective gear for maintenance work at Sandhar Technologies in Dhumaspur near Bhondsi on Wednesday morning.An FIR was registered at Bhondsi police station against the company management under BNS sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 3(5) (acts committed by several persons with common intention). The company manufactures automotive components.Police said Naresh Yadav (56), a welder, was from Badshapur and had been working at the factory since 2021, while Mohammad Arif (21) lived in Dhumsapur and was a native of Muzaffarpur in Bihar and Anil Jha was from Nawada in Bihar and lived at Maruti Kunj.In his complaint, Naresh’s son Yogesh Yadav, alleged the company’s maintenance head and plant head asked the three workers to enter into the tank, which contained poisonous chemicals and gases, for maintenance work. He told police that they were not provided any safety equipment. Yogesh said his father had left home for his duty around 8.30am.The workers fell unconscious inside the tank. Company employees, with the help of others, pulled them out and took them to Ekta Hospital in Badshapur. They were later referred to Park Hospital near Malibu Town, where they died during treatment.Yogesh alleged the management had failed to make basic safety arrangements before assigning the hazardous task. He accused the maintenance head, plant head, HR head and company owner of negligence and held them responsible for the deaths. He also claimed when he reached the hospital and questioned the HR head about the incident, the latter left.Police said they received information about the incident at Bhondsi police station on Wednesday. “A team reached the hospital, where Yogesh submitted a written complaint detailing the circumstances leading to the deaths,” said a police spokesperson.The bodies will be sent for a postmortem examination, and an investigation is under way.
