{"id":304134,"date":"2018-10-15T06:49:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T06:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304134"},"modified":"2018-10-15T06:49:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T06:49:16","slug":"up-building-collapse-contractor-arrested-fir-registered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/up-building-collapse-contractor-arrested-fir-registered\/","title":{"rendered":"UP building collapse: Contractor arrested, FIR registered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-303991 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/arrest-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/arrest-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/arrest-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/arrest-555x420.jpg 555w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/arrest.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Police today arrested the contractor of an under-construction building that collapsed in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Shahjahanpur on October 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">District Magistrate Amrit Tripathi said, \u201cThe contractor has been arrested. However, the owner hasn\u2019t been traced yet. An investigation is underway.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The incident occurred in an area under Ram Chandra Mission police station in the district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Over 60 laborers were working inside the two-storey building when the structure collapsed and three persons were killed and 17 others suffered injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An FIR has also been registered in the case and a magisterial inquiry has also been ordered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ramji Mishra, Sadar Sub Divisional Magistrate said, &#8220;Nearly a dozen labourers were evacuated from the debris, in which we could still see two to three labourers trapped. JCB machines and cranes have been pressed into service to rescue them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Teams of National Disaster Response Force were dispatched from Lucknow to the accident site as many people are still feared to be trapped under the debris of the under-construction building.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police today arrested the contractor of an under-construction building that collapsed in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Shahjahanpur on October 14. District Magistrate Amrit Tripathi said, \u201cThe contractor has been arrested. However, the owner hasn\u2019t been traced yet. An investigation is underway.&#8221; The incident occurred in an area under Ram Chandra Mission police station in the district. 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