Two children among three dead as Visakhapatnam apartment collapses
Visakhapatnam (PTI): Two children and an adult were crushed to death when a three-storeyed residential building collapsed in the small hours of Thursday in Visakhapatnam, a police official said.
At the time of the collapse, eight tenants from three families living on three floors were present in the building. Two of them were children, and both died.
"Suddenly at 1.30 in the morning, the whole structure collapsed," Deputy Commissioner of Police Sumit Sunil Garud said, sharing the preliminary information said. "Police and fire services responded immediately and with quick action we could rescue five of them."
Had the police and fire services not attended to the emergency immediately, Garud said, more occupants of the building would have died.
The IPS officer, who spent two hours at the accident site, oversaw the rescue of a woman. Five rescued tenants are undergoing treatment in hospital.
Meanwhile, police booked a case under Section 174 of CrPC (police must enquire and report on the circumstances of death) and are in the process of taking an expert opinion to ascertain the cause of the old building's collapse.
According to Garud, another building is also being constructed beside the collapsed one.
Andhra Pradesh | Several injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta near the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam. Search and rescue operation underway. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/XqoevMHE1I
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2023
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#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh: 3 people died and 3 got injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta near the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam last night.
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2023
Earlier visuals of search and rescue operation. pic.twitter.com/WMTjrY8MVh
#WATCH | Andhra Pradesh: 3 people died and 3 got injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta near the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam last night.
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2023
Search and rescue operation underway. pic.twitter.com/NgJJ2zcdhF
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Accused in Panambur Beach murder case arrested from Chombala near Kozhikode
Mangaluru: Mangaluru police have arrested a 50-year-old man from Kozhikode, Kerala, in connection with the murder of a 39-year-old man near Panambur Beach in Mangaluru. The accused, identified as Dharmaraj Suvarna, a resident of Thotabengre in Mangaluru, was arrested on Thursday night by a team of officers from the Panambur Police Station.
The victim, Muttu Basavaraj Vaddar, also known as Mudukappa, hailed from Amingada in Bagalkot. He had reportedly been on friendly terms with Suvarna. According to the police, the incident that led to the murder began over a dispute involving a mobile phone. Suvarna had recently purchased a new phone, which was borrowed by Mudukappa. Mudukappa allegedly damaged the device and did not return it, leading to escalating tensions between the two men.
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On Sunday, the disagreement culminated in a violent altercation, during which Suvarna allegedly struck Mudukappa with a wooden log, resulting in his death. Mudukappa's body was later discovered near the shore at Thotabengre estuary, raising concerns among local residents.
Following the discovery of the body, the Panambur Police registered a case and launched an investigation. Acting on credible information about Suvarna's whereabouts, the police team tracked him to Chombala in Kozhikode. The operation, carried out within the Chombala Police Station limits, led to Suvarna's arrest late at night.
