" Surat building collapse death toll rises to 7; FIR against owners, 1 person held", 8 July 2024

Six more bodies were found overnight, bringing the total number of deaths from the collapse of a six-story building in Surat, Gujarat, to seven, said police on Sunday.

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The building's two owners and the individual who collected rent from the tenants have been charged with culpable homicide that is not murder, said authorities.

The residential building, which was in a dilapidated condition and located in the Pal area, collapsed at around 2.45 pm on Saturday, as per the police.

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The deceased, most of them textile workers from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

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An FIR has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, including 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), against the building owners Raj Kakadiya and his mother Ramilaben Kakadiya, and one Ashwin Vekariya, who collected rent from the occupants, inspector Chaudhari said.

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The building was primarily empty, according to the FIR, as its previous tenants had departed because of the danger it posed. But a few families kept renting the place out.

According to the FIR, the building's owner received a notice from the Surat Municipal Corporation on April 26 of this year asking them to evacuate the facility due to its deteriorating status.

The tenants of the property made numerous requests to Vekariya to repair the damages done to the building, but he informed them that the owners had declined