India, Feb. 17 -- Relatives of Ramdhani Yadav, who was killed on Saturday when a portion of the parapet at a metro rail construction site in Mulund came crashing down, on Monday collected his body from Rajawadi Hospital after accepting a compensation of Rs.39.5 lakh. The amount included Rs.15 lakh from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and Rs.24.5 lakh from Milan Road Buildtech, the subcontractor for the site engaged by Reliance-Astaldi, the main contractor.

The family had earlier refused to collect Yadav's body, demanding Rs.2 crore and a job for one of his daughters as compensation. As reported by HT on February 16, the MMRDA on Sunday announced Rs.20 lakh compensation - including Rs.5 lakh ex-gratia from the...