Dhaka, May 9 (ANI): The death toll in the collapse of an eight storey building in Bangladesh’s Savar area rose to 931 on Thursday, after rescuers pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from its sandwiched floors overnight.
An official stationed at the make-shift army control room said that the military-led salvage operation entered the 16th day on Thursday.
He said 2,443 people had been rescued alive, but 13 of them had succumbed to their wounds while they were being treated at different hospitals.
Hundreds of bodies are still trapped under the debris of the illegally constructed Rana Plaza building.
The building in Savar near Dhaka housed five garment factories, and it collapsed on April 24.
Police have charged the building owner Sohel Rana and five factory owners with causing the deaths due to negligence and violating construction laws, charges that are punishable by a maximum seven years in jail. (ANI)