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Kurla building collapse: Police book five in connection with crash

One of them, a contractor, was arrested for housing 37 of his workers there; he and the flat owners have been charged for letting people stay despite knowing the building was unsafe

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The workers stayed on the second, third and fourth floors of the building. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The workers stayed on the second, third and fourth floors of the building. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The Nehru Nagar police have booked five people in connection with the building collapse at Naik Nagar society at Kurla, which claimed 19 lives on Tuesday. One person, a contractor who housed his workers in the building, was arrested on Tuesday night while the others booked are four flat owners who gave them on rent.

The ground-plus-three -storey building collapsed on Monday night. At least 15 people were injured in the incident. During the initial probe it was found that Dilip Vishwas, a contractor, had housed 37 people working for him in the building, and  flats were given to them on rental basis. He was arrested. 

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