Worker crushed to death at workshop in Wilson Garden; supervisor booked

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A 26-year-old bus painter died in the limits of the Wilson Garden Police Station on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as M.D. Irfan, a native of Bihar. He was working at S.M. Kannappa Automobiles. His uncle, Mohammed Sayum, who was as a bus painter at the workshop, lodged a complaint.

According to the complaint, the incident occurred on November 3 around 10 a.m. Irfan was working on a bus at the shed when supervisor Sanjeev Gandhi allegedly drove another bus and rammed the bus on which Irfan was working.

Irfan got trapped between the two buses and suffered severe injuries.

He was rushed to hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead.

Sayum accused the supervisor of negligent driving. The Wilson Garden police have registered a case. Further investigation is under way.

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