The site of the collapsed building.
Credit: DH Photo
Bengaluru: Hennur police on Wednesday arrested the co-owner and took into custody the contractor of the multistoried building that collapsed on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring dozens.
Police said Bhuvan Reddy, the son of Munireddy under whose name the building was constructed, was arrested.
“The contractor Muniyappa who has built four floors was taken into custody,” D Devaraj, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), said.
The case was registered under BNS Sections 100 (culpable homicide), 105 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 125(a and b) (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 270 (public nuisance). Sections 326 (violation of act), 327 (violation of rules) and 328 (violation of regulations) of The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Act and section 3 (failing to register of real estate project) of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act were also invoked.
The FIR was filed based on a complaint by Mohammed Arshad, one of the injured labourers.
The deceased are Arman, 26, Tripal, 35, and Mohamed Sahil, 19, from Bihar and Sathya Raju, 25 and another victim named Shankar, whose age wasn't clear at the moment. Police said Jagadevi, 45, Rasheed, 28, Nagaraju, 25, Ramesh Kumar, 28, Arman 22, and Ayaz, 40, were being treated at three city hospitals.
Six people were injured. Of those injured, Arman, 21, was taken to a private hospital, where doctors note he is currently stable.
According to a source at the hospital, Arman's left arm and leg were crushed. "We are trying to save his leg, which was crushed during the building collapse. He was brought in at 4 am and was immediately taken up for emergency services," said the source.
Doctors performed a fasciotomy on Arman's left thigh and arm, which is a surgical procedure involving cutting through the fascia (connective tissue around the muscle) to relieve pressure on the muscle and a left ankle debridement, which involves removing dead or damaged tissue from the area.
He is currently in the ICU and requires additional surgeries to save his limbs, the source added.
Ayaaz, 40, who is in the ICU in another private hospital, sustained a rib fracture and a left wrist fracture. He is in a critical condition and under observation.
The medical updates of four others admitted to North Bangalore Hospital are awaited.
The G+ 6 building built on a 60x40 site in Anjanadri Layout under Hennur police station limits collapsed around 3.40 pm. Fire and Emergency Services sources confirmed to DH that the control room was alerted at 4.10 pm.