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The crime scene was found to be cleaned up before forensics arrived, leading the Delhi Police to register a case for tampering of evidence and causing death by negligence
The incident took place on September 5, when the man slipped off scaffolding and sustained fatal injuries. (Image: PTI/File)
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of a man, who fell down from a height during the ongoing expansion work at Delhi airport’s Terminal 3. It has called for a detailed report to be submitted in two weeks.
News18 had reported the man’s death on September 25. Sukhdev Sharma, 34, died after falling from a height while working. The crime scene was found to be cleaned up before forensics arrived, leading the Delhi Police to register a case for tampering of evidence and causing death by negligence.
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The airport operator has refused to comment or respond to evidence tampering allegations. The incident took place on September 5, when Sharma — a resident of Gonda in Uttar Pradesh — slipped off scaffolding and sustained fatal injuries.
“Reportedly, the worker was hired by a contractor for the construction work. Reportedly, attempts were made to suppress the incident by removing the bloodstains from the site of the incident,” the NHRC said.
The NHRC said if the media report is accurate, it raises a serious issue of human rights violation. Consequently, it issued notices to the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the deputy commissioner of police, IGI Airport Unit, Delhi, requesting a detailed report within two weeks, including the status of any compensation paid to Sharma’s next of kin.
“A police team that reached the spot inspected the area. The incident spot was the apron area where scaffolding and construction material was found. Police further found that blood stains on the area where the man had fallen appeared to have been washed. Crime and forensics teams were then called on spot for a detailed inspection,” stated an FIR, which accessed to News18.
A senior police officer told News18 that a case was registered under Section 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for causing death by negligence and section 238A for causing the disappearance of evidence or giving false information to protect an offender.
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Anvit Srivastava, Principal Correspondent at CNN-News18, covers crime, security, policing and society in Delhi. His impactful ground reports have helped him make his mark among the select credited journalists i…Read More
Anvit Srivastava, Principal Correspondent at CNN-News18, covers crime, security, policing and society in Delhi. His impactful ground reports have helped him make his mark among the select credited journalists i… Read More
October 07, 2025, 07:00 IST
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