The police and other authorities have launched a probe into the incident that left three dead at Sekhmet Club on Chamiers Road in Alwarpet on Thursday. The accident occurred when the staff of the club were preparing for an event.
The police identified the three staff members who died as Max, 22, Lalli, 24, from Manipur, and Cyclone Raj, 48, of Dindigul. The police personnel reached the spot and retrieved the bodies and sent them to the Government Royapettah Hospital for a post-mortem. Metro Rail work is ongoing just outside the pub. The accident was reported at 7 p.m. to the police control room. The police deployed a team for rescue work, with personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) joining them.
Additional Commissioner of Police, South, Prem Anand Sinha, said: “A portion of the concrete ceiling of the first floor collapsed and three staff who were working there were caught under the debris.” The portion of the decorative concrete ceiling from the first floor on the north end, which is closer to Chamiers Road, fell on the first floor and another piece fell on the ground floor.
