The rescue team that was involved in a search operation to locate two persons who were trapped at a caved-in construction site have retrieved the bodies on Friday. The Chennai City Police have filed a case against four persons and arrested two persons for the accident, which occurred on Monday.
Owing to Cyclone Michaung-induced heavy rain, the construction site located on Five Furlong Road near Velachery had caved in, resulting in the collapse of a generator room of a fuel pumping station as well.
A senior official of the Chennai City Police said the rescue team — comprising the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Fire and Rescue Services and machineries — was engaged in extricating the bodies of S. Naresh, 21, and R. Jeyaseelan, 31, using a 20 horsepower motor, an all-terrain crane and an excavator. The body of Naresh, who was working as an attendant at the fuel pumping station, was retrieved around 4.45 a.m., and the body of Jayaseelan at 2 p.m.
