MUMBAI: Nehru Nagar police on Tuesday registered an FIR under IPC Section 304 for culpable homicide not amounting to murder against two flat owners who had rented out their flats in Naik Nagar housing society’s D Wing knowing it was not safe and liveable. Nineteen residents were killed and 14 injured when the Kurla East building crashed around 11pm on Monday.
Joint commissioner of police (law and order) Vishwas Nangre Patil visited the spot on Tuesday evening. It is learnt that probe into the case is likely to go to the crime branch.
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to the kin of each of the deceased and the government said it will pay for the treatment of the injured.
