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  • Maharashtra building collapse: FIR against four persons

    By PTI
    THANE: Police have registered an FIR against four people in connection with the collapse of a building in Bhiwandi town here in which one person was killed and six others were injured, an official said on Tuesday.

    The single-storey building, where a godown of an online goods delivery firm was located, collapsed on Monday morning in Bhiwandi’s Harihar Compound here in Maharashtra.

    A 35-year-old security guard was killed, while six others, including three minors, received injuries, a civic official earlier said.

    The Narpoli police registered an FIR against four persons on Monday night under Indian Penal Code Sections 304 (2) (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 337, 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 427 (mischief) and 34 (common intention).

    The accused include the godown owners, Suryakant Patil, Ramchandra Patil and Mahananda Patil, and one person from a company which built the structure, the official from Narpoli police station said.

    No arrest has been made so far, the official said, adding that they are conducting a probe into the incident.

    The 15-year-old building belonged to a private firm which used it as a godown for online delivery of goods, Thane civic body’s regional disaster management control cell chief Santosh Kadam said on Monday.

  • Maharashtra: 1 dead, 5 injured as building collapses in Thane

    By PTI
    THANE: At least one person was killed and five others were injured after a building collapsed in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday morning, a civic official said.

    Search and rescue operations are still on at the site as it is suspected that some more people may be trapped under the debris, he said.

    The single-storey building, where a godown of an online goods delivery firm is located, collapsed around 10.30 am in Harihar Compound at Mankoli junction in Bhiwandi, Thane civic body’s regional disaster management control cell chief Santosh Kadam said.

    Personnel of the Thane district rescue force, disaster management cell, and fire services officials from Bhiwandi and Thane rushed to the spot, he said.

    A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) also reached the spot at around 12 noon and led the rescue and relief operation, he said.

    The body of a security guard, identified as Saurabh Tripathi, was recovered from the debris, Kadam said.

    Besides, five persons were rescued from the rubble and have been hospitalised, he said, adding that some more people may be trapped under the debris.

    The building belongs to a private firm which uses it as a godown for online delivery of goods, he said.