25 killed, 32 injured in Mumbai building collapse
mangaloretoday.com
Mumbai, Sept 27: The death toll in Friday’s collapse of a four-storey building here gone up to 25, with 32 people injured, including four who are serious, officials said Saturday.
The death toll could increase as at least another dozen people remain trapped below the debris, officials of the BMC Disaster Control said.
1 arrested for illegally altering the construction
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A day after the four-storey building collapsed at Dockyard road of south Mumbai, one ’Mamamiyan Decorator’ has been arrested for the incident on Saturday. He had a godown on the ground floor and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had registered a police case against him for illegal alterations. In the incident, 25 people lost thier lives and 32 others have been injured. Around 30 people have been rescued so far.
A NDRF team member said, "Till now we have rescued around 32 people. We have brought out 25 dead bodies. 1 more person will be rescued soon. We expected around 83-89 people to be trapped inside. We have counted around 57 people now around 40 people more are likely to be trapped inside."
The incident has raised questions over whether Mumbai’s Municipal Corporation ignored repeated warnings about the safety of the Dockyard building that collapsed yesterday.