A 17-year-old boy died due to asphyxiation after entering a septic tank of a private trust, SSBS Jain Singh Trust, on Saturday, January 25, at Infantry Road in Bengaluru.
“The moment he entered the manhole, Siddapa died due to asphyxiation. The other worker, Marianna, then entered the tank, but he too collapsed,” the complaint copyread.
Siddappa’s brother Malla toldThe News Minute, “This morning the mestri (contractor) came and took him for work. We didn’t know that he was taken to clean sewage.”
“The mestri told Siddappa that he would settle the money he was owed. Siddappa was to be paid â¹30,000 for work he had done for Marianna in the last few months. Today he said he would settle that money and also that there was more work. He left home at 6 am and we got a call at 2 pm from the police saying he is dead,” said Siddappa’s older sister, Gangamma.
