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

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. On Tuesday, relatives of the deceased tried to stage a road roko outside the Krishnagiri Government Medical College Hospital, where the three bodies were being kept, to demand compensation for the deaths. The police restrained them.Subsequently, the sub-contractor conducted talks with the relatives in the presence of District Superintendent of Police G.S. Anitha and assured them a solatium of ₹30 lakh each apart from the insurance amount. Based on the assurance, the relative agreed to receive the bodies after a post-mortem.Nalco Water said, “Our first priority is to extend all possible support to the families. Safety is a core value and is fundamental to everything we do at Ecolab. We take this incident extremely seriously. We are deeply committed to upholding the highest standards of safety across our operations and the sites where we work.” Published - November 11, 2026 12:37 am IST