The Ministry of the Interior is about to issue a residence permit for justice reasons, after the authorization of the judicial authority, to the wife of Satman Singh, the Indian laborer who died in an accident at work and was abandoned, mutilated, in front of his house since owner of the company in the province of Latina. Sony, the 31-year-old’s widow, who has been in Italy for 3 years, left the passport office of Palazzo M, in Latina. She was accompanied on Friday afternoon by Hardeep Kaur, secretary of the Flai Cgil of Latina and Frosinone, she writes theHandle. In the morning, the mayor of Latina Matilde Celentano visited Singh’s young wife: «It was a meeting that I will never forget – she reported. The heartbreak of a young woman shocked by the pain of her serious loss, made even more tragic by the cruelty of the facts, pained me deeply, just as I believe she can pain the entire community. I felt the need to make this visit to ask Soni in person what she needed most from her in this dramatic moment and she expressed the desire to have her mother, who lives in India, next to her. I have taken charge of her request and I will move with the competent institutions to allow her to have her family close to her”, she concluded.
The story
Singh died yesterday at the San Camillo hospital in Rome where he had been hospitalized since Monday. A machine used in the cultivation of strawberries and vegetables had severed his arm. The owner of the company for which he worked, Antonello Lovato, 38 years old, abandoned him in front of his house, throwing out the window – said the worker’s wife – a fruit box with the arm amputated in the accident inside. According to a witness’s account, Lovato – once he had dumped the young man’s body – took a shower, washed Singh’s blood off the van and looked for two lawyers. The 38-year-old is now under investigation for manslaughter, violation of workplace safety regulations and negligence.
Fundraising
Meanwhile, the CGIL of Rome and Lazio, together with the Flai Cgil of Rome and Lazio, the Chamber of Labor of Frosinone and Latina and the Flai CGIL of Frosinone and Latina, have launched a fundraiser to support Satnam Singh’s family. It is possible to make donations by bank transfer to: BPER account in the name of the CGIL of Rome and Lazio at the iban IT16L0538703207000035325085, with reason: «Satnam Singh family support fund».
