Death toll in building collapse rises to 4

The death toll in yesterday’s old building collapse in the busy Monda Market area in Secunderabad in the state capital rose to four today morning as another labourer succumbed to injuries at Gandhi Hospital here.

Two labourers, who were severely injured in the 60-year-old building collapse, were shifted to Gandhi hospital but one labourer succumbed to injuries in the morning, according to police sources here.

Three push-cart vendors were buried alive when a portion of an old building under reconstruction caved in yesterday. The police department has registered a criminal case against the building owner. UNI