Gurugram, Oct. 23 -- At least four families were evacuated from a six-year-old residential building in Gurugram's Sector 31 on Friday after it developed cracks and tilted amid construction work on an adjoining plot, prompting police to halt the work and issue precautionary evacuation notices to residents of three neighbouring buildings.

Police said residents had raised the alarm about the building at plot number 769 on Thursday, following which police reached the spot between 9.30 pm and 10 pm and verbally asked the residents to evacuate the building.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) (east) Anil Kumar said that on Friday afternoon, notices were issued to residents living in the three buildings adjacent to the affected building, as...