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Body of man pulled out from debris of collapsed building

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Press Trust of India
Last Updated : Oct 23 2015 | 2:22 PM IST
The body of a man was pulled out from under the debris of an old five storied building which collapsed last night, police said.
Police SI (Intelligence section) Chandru said the body of one Bazheer Ahmed (56) was extricated from the rubble at around 0200 hrs today.
Of the six persons injured, four were treated as outpatients and discharged. The other two, including a woman were hospitalised and their condition is stated to be out of danger.
The SI said the building owner was arrested today and was being questioned. Operations to clear the debris was going on and may take two or three days to be over, he said.
The third and fourth floor of the dilapidated building had collapsed around 8.10 PM last night.
Since it was an old building, not many people were staying in it. The first and ground floors were not occupied.

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First Published: Oct 23 2015 | 2:22 PM IST

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