When it comes to construction work, the workforce serves as the cornerstone for the expansion and advancement of this business. It is quite difficult to guarantee the trustworthiness and credibility of this enormous workforce deployed at construction sites. Here's where construction worker verification is vital as they come from different states. Employers engaging thousands and thousands construction workers through contractors without proper verification, reference check, criminal background checks to find any criminal or legal concerns that could jeopardize not only the safety and reputation of their company but also the society at large.
Many times, it has been observed that contractors engaging huge numbers of construction workers lack proper verification as due to exigencies of work and deadlines set by the construction company.
The rising number of thefts by labourers in the construction industry is a major worry for contractors as well as the society.
Insider Threat
According to DTNEXT Bureau report on 30.03.204 in Korukkupet, a construction worker was arrested for killing a co-worker following a drunken altercation. A 31-year-old construction worker was detained by City Police in connection with the three-day-old murder of his co-worker in Korukkupet.
A construction worker from Naigaon was taken into custody on suspicion of killing him After his co-worker passed away from his wounds at a hospital in Vasai. According to Senior PI Narayan Patil of the Waliv Police station, victim Raju B Jetravat who was admitted to the hospital passed away at later stage. After his passing, police detained accused Abdul Rehaman Mulla and filed a section 302 of the IPC offense.
Understanding the Threat for the Society
India
According to the NDTV India report of October 07, 2024 23:39 pm IST, an incident where 3 construction workers were arrested for raping a minor girl in Gujarat where accused were from different states and settled down in Vadodara. These labourers were arrested by police and according to the police, the accused people moved to Vadodara more than ten years ago and are originally from Uttar Pradesh. Mumtaj Vanzara (36), Shahrukh Vanzara (36), and Munna Vanzara (27), are their names. According to city commissioner of police Narasimha Komar, the suspects had been employed in Vadodara city as construction workers. When people gathered in large numbers to celebrate Garba during Navratri, the trio allegedly raped the adolescent girl as she was holding her male friend on a desolate stretch on the city's outskirts, according to police.
In another incident, the sixth storey of the building is where the girl's body was found. After reviewing the information of 250 worker families, the Kavi Nagar police were able to identify the perpetrator.
The Ghaziabad police detained a 24-year-old construction worker on suspicion of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl at a building that was still under construction close to Delhi-Meerut Road. According to police, the girl and her cousin, who is two years old, vanished from the area around the work site. Locals and employees began searching for the missing children as soon as they were noticed. Some of them heard the two-year-old girl's cries halfway through the search and hurried to the building's top stories. They notified the police after discovering the nine-year-old girl's body.
Cross Border
NHK, the source reveals an incident where a 22-year-old construction worker smuggled almost 2 kg of dried cannabis into Japan from Thailand, hiding it in candy boxes for future sale. On November 12, the cannabis, which was estimated to be worth ¥10 million, was found in checked luggage at Fukuoka Airport. Also taken into custody by the authorities was a 26-year-old restaurant owner who had interacted with the suspect on social media. This is the biggest seizure of cannabis at Fukuoka Airport since 2003.
Risk of Terrorists Working in Disguise of Daily Labourers at Construction Sites
According to West Bengal Police's input, suspected members of the "global terror group" Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), who were detained on suspicion of operating a sleeper cell in India, targeted the Siliguri corridor, which links north Bengal with the seven north-eastern States, on Friday, December 20, 2024. Thus, entry of terrorists in various states and taking shelter as daily labourers could pose a high risk to the entire state and nation as well.
UNCCT helps Member States in putting the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy into practice and encourages international collaboration in the fight against terrorism. Thus, it is very important to verify background of every individual to prevent terrorists entering states with fake ID proofs.
What Needs to Be Done
Therefore, it is recommended that construction industry site supervisors and management of the construction companies must not overlook and suppress any incident and should keep reporting all illegal activities by daily labourers to the police and must get background verification done through genuine process before than engaging construction workers in hurry so that people in the society can live in a safe environment.
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