It
was
sad
day
(Thursday)
for
Colors
TV's
show
Chakravartin
Ashoka
Samrat
members
as
a
lightman
Gautam
Sangpriya
died
on
the
sets.
According
to
a
leading
daily,
Gautam
was
working
on
a
catwalk
(tarafa),
when
he
suffered
from
electric
shock.
He
was
immediately
taken
to
the
hospital
but
was
declared
dead
on
arrival.
Safety
measures
adopted
by
the
industry
is
in
the
question
now.
This
incident
had
created
a
rift
between
the
workers
and
production
houses.
For
the
workers
who
have
been
working
on
great
height,
Film
Studio
Setting
&
Allied
Mazdoor
Union
(FSS&AMU)
has
been
pressing
the
industry
for
harness
belts.
The
union
has
been
requesting
the
producers
to
limit
the
timings
of
the
workers
to
about
12
hours
a
day.
The
Secretary
of
FSS&AMU,
Gangeshwar
Shrivastava
said
to
a
leading
daily
that
if
such
incidents
happen
at
ND
Studio,
Karjat,
on
a
regular
basis,
then
they
will
be
forced
to
ask
their
workers
not
to
work
there.
Actor
Sachin
Verma
was
quoted
by
Tellychakkar
as
saying,
"The
unfortunate
incident
left
all
of
us
in
shock.
Immediately
after
the
accident
he
was
rushed
to
the
nearby
Dhirubhai
Ambani
hospital
in
Karjat
but
was
declared
death
on
arrival.
The
shooting
was
halt
for
the
day
and
everyone
from
the
set
went
to
the
hospital.
My
sympathies
are
with
his
family."
The
CEO
of
Contiloe
was
quoted
by
a
leading
daily,
"It
is
really
unfortunate
that
we
lost
one
of
our
crew
member
last
evening.
Our
sympathies
lie
with
his
family
for
this
unsurmountable
loss."