In a shocking incident, a labourer working at one of the Pune Metro sites died after a heavy steel plate fell on him. The accident took place on the wee hours of December 23 at Bund Garden road near Moboj chowk. An inquiry has been constituted to probe the incident. The deceased, identified as Umesh Besahu Shyam Singh (23) hails from Madhya Pradesh and residing at Nagpur Chawl in Yerawada, Pune.

An FIR against the crane driver Jitendra Uma Prajapati (30), a resident of Wadgoan Bhudruk with Koregoan Park police station which falls under the jurisdiction of Pune city commissioner. According to the police officials, "The incident took place at the Pune metro work unit on Monday morning after a crane lifting plate fell on the labourer working at the site. Prima facie, it seems the negligence of the crane driver while lifting the plate lost control on it and it fell on the labourer. In the process, he died on the spot."