YESWANTHPUR: Two people lost their lives after a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru's Yeswanthpur area around 4 am yesterday. Two construction workers were killed on the spot and 12 others left injured after a portion of the roof of an under-construction multi-level car park building collapsed on Friday at the APMC premises in RMC Yard near Yeswanthpur. The building was being constructed at RMC Yard.

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Police said that the incident took place at around 4.40 am when the workers were sleeping on the 2nd floor of the building. While the reason for the mishap is yet to be known, police are not ruling out sub-standard quality of work. Umashankar, an engineer, was arrested soon after the incident came to light. “Around 70 workers were working at the site. While 12 of them lived in the building premises itself, others returned to their homes. Out of 12 workers sleeping in the building, eight sustained injuries, two died and two escaped unhurt,” police said.

The deceased are Rahul Goswami (23) from West Bengal, and Rakesh (21) from Bihar. The injured identified so far are Omprakash, Girij, Abdul Amed, Chotu Buiah, Sham Goswami,  Nasir Shek, from Bihar and West Bengal, and Devraj, Hanumanth, Doddappa and Siddaraju from Yadagir in Kalaburagi district. They are recovering in a private hospital.

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