Around 17 persons, including children, were rescued from a building after its roof collapsed during repair work in the southern part of the city this evening.
There was no report of any casualty when a portion of a ceiling of a residential building of CIT Abashan in south Kolkata's Chetla area collapsed during repair, the police said.
A team from the KMC disaster management group and fire fighters rushed to the spot, they said.
"We are looking into the matter and a probe will be conducted into the matter," a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
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