Kin of three workers who died at private firm in Hosur agree to receive bodies

SALEM A day after three men allegedly died of asphyxiation on the premises of Tata Marigold Company (a unit of Tata Electronics) in Hosur, their relatives agreed to receive their bodies on Tuesday. Acknowledging the tragedy, Nalco Water, in a statement, said: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic incident that resulted in the deaths of three workers engaged by a sub-contractor of Nalco Water, an Ecolab company, at the Tata Electronics site. This incident occurred in a utility facility, operated by Nalco Water.

We are working with the local authorities in the investigation of this incident.” On Monday evening, contract workers B. Akmal, 28, of Panchapalli and M. Sarathi Kumar, 28, of Thirumalvadi in Dharmapuri district; and Kaveri, 30, of Hosur in Krishnagiri district had carried out maintenance and cleaning work inside the nano-filtration feed tank at the factory in Vanniyapuram.

At the time, the three experienced difficulty breathing and collapsed. They were rushed to a private hospital but died on the way.