Mumbai: Son and grandson of retired IG trapped for 1 hour in lift

The son and grandson of retired Special Inspector General of Police IG Shashikant Shinde were trapped inside the lift at a highrise society in Kandivali on Sunday and were rescued after an hourldquoIt was a horrible situation of more than 45 minutes after my son and threeyearold grandson were trapped inside the liftrdquo said Shashikant ShindeThe Samta Nagar police in Kandivali registered an FIR under Sections IPC 287 336 337 and 34 against four people including society chairman secretary society security manager and the Lift company area manager for negligenceSpeaking to midday the retired special IG of Maharashtra Shashikant Shinde said ldquoOn Sunday afternoon around 3 pm my son Ajinkya Shinde and my grandson Aryavart were leaving the house and they took the lift When the lift was descending it got stuck between P2 and the first floor My son tried to open the door but was unable to My grandson started suffocating and couldnrsquot breathe in the closed liftrdquoAlso Read Mumbai Vakola traffic police bust parking racketldquoMy son Ajinkya called me and informed me about the incident I rushed to P1 but the lift door wouldnrsquot open I called the security manager but he told me that it was Sunday and he was helpless He instructed me to call the society chairman and secretary I also informed chairman and secretary but they didnrsquot help me with anything I am an asthmatic patient and was extremely tenserdquo Shinde saidHalf an hour later a lift technician from the neighbouring society was brought and the lift was restartedAs per the FIR in 1995 the society installed three lifts two for public use and one for service In the past two weeks the lifts had been shutting down and getting stuck between floors multiple times However they were not adequately repairedldquoI filed the FIR against the chairman and secretary because they failed to repair the lift after it had shut down multiple times in the past and continued to operate it endangering peoplersquos lives I also filed an FIR against the security manager who is responsible for this as he was aware of the poor condition of the lift but kept it running I also filed the FIR against the Otis company lift area manager because itrsquos his responsibility to maintain and regularly inspect the lift However all the members failed to do their jobs and due to their negligence this incident occurred They are all equally responsible for the incidentrdquo said Shinde Committe members from the society refused to comment on the incident3Age of the grandson