Faridabad, June 15: A security guard in Faridabad died on Wednesday after he was allegedly made to work in a 36-hour shift in scorching heat, According to reports, the security guard due to heat and fatigue. The security personnel. Harishchandar, was deployed in Sector 59 at the ACTL company in Faridabad.
His postmortem report revealed that he died due to extreme heat and fatigue. the police have launched an investigation into the case.
The guard had been working with the security company for the past 25 years. Reports quoting his nephew say that did not receive any help or treatment for 30 minutes. He also said that his uncle was deployed at a place where fetching water or escaping sunlight were difficult.
Faridabad haryana main ek group 4 security provider company k ek security gaurd ne garmi main 36 hours se lagatar duty dete time kisi bhi tarah ki facility na milne k Karan dham todh dia. gaurd k hard duty Dene k badh bhi kin pareshani ka samna karna padhta rha h. pic.twitter.com/00bE0jE0YI
— Shubham Sharma (@Shubham02320227) June 14, 2018
A video of the guard on duty is doing the rounds on the Internet. The guard can be seen helpless in his last few minutes in the video. Reports say that the company had received a complaint that the guard had suffered a heat stroke and was unwell for quite some time.
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