In the aftermath of the death of two brothers on Thursday and the critical condition of their father after they fell in while cleaning a tank of a community toilet in Malad`s Ambujwadi, BMC has served a 24-hour show cause notice to the trust—Om Jai Durga Seva Society—responsible for the management of the toilet.

There are two contradicting versions of how the deaths occurred. The BMC`s case against the trust is that it told Suraj, 18, Bikas, 20, and their 45-year-old father, Ramlagan Kevat, to clean the septic tank without providing adequate safety gear, which would amount to manual scavenging—an illegal practice of making workers handle waste with their hands.