City mechanic dies in Singapore;kin cry foul, demand compensation

Mild tension prevailed in One Town and at the Vizag airport on Monday after the family members of a 19-year-old mechanic, who died in Singapore a week ago, staged a protest, demanding reasons for the

Relatives of Ch Mahesh, who died in Singapore a week ago, speak to police during a protest near the office of Global Technical Training Centre, in Vizag on Monday. Mahesh had managed the job in Singapore though the city-based firm | Express

VISAKHAPATNAM: Mild tension prevailed in One Town and at the Vizag airport on Monday after the family members of a 19-year-old mechanic, who died in Singapore a week ago, staged a protest, demanding reasons for the death. The family members also refused to take the body which reached the Vizag airport from Singapore on Monday.

Chinthkayala Mahesh

According to One Town inspector K Venkat Rao, Chinthkayala Mahesh (19) went to Singapore last month for a pipe fitter’s job which he had managed through Global Technical Training Centre, a job consultancy firm in the city. He is said to have died of cardiac arrest.

The family alleged that the death news was not communicated to them by the company where Mahesh worked, even though the latter claimed that he had died a week ago. Suspecting a foul play, the family staged a protest in the Old Post Office area, demanding a concrete reason for the death from the job consultancy firm and compensation from the company.

Sources said that the firm had offered some compensation amount, but the family was not satisfied with the amount.