New Delhi, May 7 (PTI) A 45-year-old man died allegedly after an iron rod pierced through his body while he was involved in welding work at a CNG pump in east Delhi's Ghazipur today, police said.

Police have registered a case against unidentified persons and are probing whose negligence caused the incident.

The victim, Bobby Panchal, was a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.

Police were informed at 2 pm by the hospital where the victim was admitted.

The victim was welding iron rods sitting on a girder at a CNG pump. He was using a gas cutter to cut the iron rods attached with the girder.

The girder collapsed and one of the rods pierced his stomach.

The contractor with whom he was working rushed him to Max Hospital. Later, he died due to excessive bleeding.

Police suspect that appropriate safety measures were not in place which could have led to the incident.

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