Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Two labourers were killed and 10 others sustained injuries after a portion of the under-construction multi-level car parking facility in which they were sleeping collapsed on them, in the early hours of Friday.

Around 70 workers were engaged in constructing the parking facility within the APMC premises in Yeshwantpur. Of them, 12 migrant labourers stayed in the under construction building in the night.

The deceased have been identified as Rahul Kumar from West Bengal and Rajesh from Bihar. The others were rescued and are being treated in a hospital.

MN Reddi, DGP, Fire and Emergency Services, Karnataka also tweeted about the incident.

“Under construction building (multi-level car park – first floor) at APMC premises, Yeshwantpur, a part of the slab collapsed. Around 4 am. Rescue teams from KSFES at the spot. All 5 labourers trapped rescued. 2 were critical but later died,” his tweet read.

“There are no more trapped persons. Fire Force Rescue operations concluded,” he said in a subsequent tweet.

The police said that one site engineer has been detained for interrogation. The multi-level-car park was a government project, being constructed by a private contractor.

Revanna, Assistant commissioner-labour Department told media that a case was filed against the contractor of the project in January for not obtaining the required licence to construct the building. The department had approached the court seeking stay in the construction as the contractor failed to appear before them, even after 5 notices.