Mumbai: A third body was retrieved and handed over to civil police after a three-storey building collapsed in Navi Mumbai's Shahbaz village in CBD Belapur on Saturday morning, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) sources said.
Several people are feared to be trapped in the building.
Earlier, Navi Mumbai Deputy Fire Officer Purushottam Jadhav said that two people have been rescued.
"We received a call about a building collapse at 4.50 am. 2 people have been rescued. Two people are likely to be trapped and rescue operation is underway to rescue them," Jadhav said.
Kailas Shinde, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner, said that rescue operations are underway.
"The building collapsed around 5 am. It is a G+3 building. Two people have been rescued. The NDRF team is here, rescue operations are underway," Shinde said.
Further details are awaited. (ANI)
