pramod kalekar a worker on the sets of savdhaan india was killed in a bike accident on february 13 around 430 am after a shift of nearly 1920 hours the deceased was an assistant art director on the crime show which is being produced by rajesh tripathi ghummakad productionsetimes tvnow has it that the shooting of the crime show had been stopped by the federation of western india cine employees fwiceread alsoexclusive two savdhaan india crew members killed in a bike accident after a shift of 20 hoursdilip pithwa former general secretary of art directors association when contacted confirmed and said it is a terrible thing that we have lost pramod in such a manner it was a 7 am shoot from friday which was stretched till 330 am for the next day pramod was there from the morning we dontthere was no shooting of savdhaan india since that illfated day as far as i know we have been seeing repeat episodes of old fwice president b n tewari tells usfwice asked producer tripathi to pay a compensation of rs 20 lakh to pramods wife savita kalekar the producer took time to shell out the amount as he argued with fwice the amount ordered by fwice was rs 50 lakh but finally the federation consented on rs 20 lakhtripathi did pay rs 20 lakh but the shows broadcaster had also been asked by us to clear his outstanding dues of 20 episodes this is apparently tripathis first show as a producer and the rs 20 lakh compensation mustnt have been easy on his pocket so we felt that his dues should be first paid up by the channel so that he can at least breathe a bit free the channel also took time but have now finally agreed and so we have given a green signal to the shoot from only todayhowever let me tell you that tripathi had to pay rs 15 lakh to pramods wife from his account while he will recover the remaining rs 5 lakh from an insurance company time and again we have insisted that everyone on the sets should be insured to the tune of rs 25 lakh but tripathi hadnt toed the line and he insured them for only rs 5 lakh if he had gone by our recommendations he wouldnt have had to disturb his own account tewari explainedrepeated attempts to contact tripathi failed to evoke a responseon the other hand savita kalekar when contacted told us yes i have received rs 20 lakh i have two kids to look after my daughter is in the 11th standard and my son is in 4th pramod my husband was a very safe bike rider he never drove fast or recklessly recalling their last conversation she said i spoke to him on february 13 a little past midnight it was around 1230 am and he told me he still has work and will come home late aur uske baad and mrs