India, July 26 -- The grieving father of 21-year-old Muzammil Khokar, who was killed when a massive crane crashed from the 11th floor of an under-construction building in Mira Road earlier this month, was admitted to hospital after his health deteriorated on the fifth day of a hunger strike demanding that the builder be named as an accused in the case.

Abdul Aziz Khokar, 47, who has been staging a protest outside the Kashigaon police station seeking justice for his eldest son, was shifted to the intensive care unit of Cordis Criticare Hospital in Mira Road East on Friday night after his blood sugar and blood pressure levels dropped, family members said.

Muzammil died on July 16 after a crane, more than 100 feet tall, toppled from an adj...