Tension prevailed at Sion Hospital late on Friday after relatives of a 55-year-old labourer, Khalin Shaikh, refused to accept his body following his death during treatment. The deceased, identified as Kalim Shaikh, was working at a construction project in CGS Colony, GTB Nagar, when the incident occurred.

Shaikh’s distant relatives, who live in the city, refused to accept the body, demanding proper inquiry in the matter on Friday. His son arrived here from Delhi on Saturday afternoon and consented to an autopsy after an FIR was registered against the project site supervisors.