India, Aug. 27 -- A 47-year-old builder was arrested after a building collapsed in Maharashtra's Virar East on Tuesday night, killing five people, injuring nine, and prompting the rescue of at least 15 others by Wednesday evening, police said.

Nittal Sane, the builder of Ramabai Apartment located in the Narangi area of Virar East, was arrested under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and relevant sections of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act.

District magistrate Indurani Jakhar inspected the spot and said that the revenue department, police, and municipal corporation are continuing the rescue operation. "The work of removing people from the debris is going on rapidly ...