'Tilted' five-storey building collapses in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Oct 7: A five-storey residential apartment here, which tilted a few days ago, collapsed on Thursday, police said.
However, no one was hurt, they said.
As the apartment in Kasturi Nagar area tilted a few days back, the residents of the building and the neighbours immediately informed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike.
Sensing danger, the BBMP officials had evacuated the building. The structure came crashing down this evening. This incident comes close on the heels of a house collapsing at Badal-Ankalgi village in Belagavi on Wednesday killing seven of a family due to heavy rain.
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Mysuru: Businessman from Kerala attacked by masked men; car stolen by group
Mysuru: A businessman from Kerala, who was traveling in his car in the taluk on Monday morning, was stopped by a group of robbers on the outskirts of Mysuru city and robbed of his car.
The robbers, who were in three four-wheelers, are learned to have forced the businessman’s vehicle to stop at a point in Jayapura hobli. They also allegedly assaulted the people travelling in the car before forcing them to get out of the vehicle. The miscreants are learned to have driven away from the place in the businessman’s car.
Mysuru Superintendent of Police N Vishnuvardhana has confirmed that the car driver, who was also assaulted by the group, was injured in one hand.
He said that an FIR will be filed based on the statement from the Calicut (Kozhikode) businessman, adding that investigation teams have been formed to probe the case.
The senior officer, however, has said that details on the monetary loss incurred by the businessman and regarding weapons used by the miscreants in the incident is yet to be confirmed.
