Overview
- The Agripada police arrested engineer Afjal Qaisar Shaikh, 39, and site supervisor Shahid Salim Aagwan, 32, on culpable homicide not amounting to murder and a court remanded them to judicial custody.
- Five labourers were buried when soil and stones caved into a 15-foot-deep foundation pit at Habib Mansion around 2:41 pm on November 15.
- The deceased were identified as Rahul, 30, and Raju, 28, while Sajjad Ali, 25, Sobat Ali, 28, and Lal Mohammed, 18, are stable under treatment at Nair Hospital.
- The BMC issued a stop-work order under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act and a 24-hour notice demanding approval documents, warning that unauthorized work will be demolished at the developer’s cost.
- Civic officials cited unsafe, unauthorized excavation and a failure to alert the fire brigade, as police and BMC teams continue inquiries into the exact cause and potential offences.