Five persons, including two women, were killed and several others were injured after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in Kolkata’s Garden Reach area late on March 17 night.
The incident occurred about 11.49 p.m. in the night and the under-construction building came crashing down on nearby shanties. Those who died in the collapse were residents of the shanties on which the building came crashing down.
Two women — Hasina Khatoon (55), Shyama Begum (44) were reported dead on March 17 night while three others succumbed to their injuries on March 18 morning at State run SSKM Hospital were identified as Akbar Ali (34), Riwjan Alam (22), and Mohammad Wasim (19).
