Mumbai building collapse: Death toll rises to 17

July 26, 2017 08:20

The death toll in Mumbai's Ghatkopar building collapse has risen to 17.

On Tuesday morning, the ill-fated Siddhi Sai Cooperative Housing Society's pillars got weakened due to ongoing renovation of a nursing home located on its ground floor, reportedly owned by local Shiv Sena leader Sunil Shitap and it collapsed.

The structure, located in Ghatkopar's DamodarPark area, housed around 15 families.

"Prima facie, it is revealed that the accused was carrying out illegal renovation in the building. Investigation is underway," news agency ANI quoted Mumbai's Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) as saying.

The BMC's disaster management team received a call about the incident at around 10.43 am following which fire brigade and disaster management officials were rushed to the spot.

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