KOLKATA COLLAPSE: EX-MAYOR SIGNED FLAWED PLAN, SAYS CM; TOLL UP TO 11

Kolkata, June 26 -- The death toll in the Kolkata warehouse collapse mounted to 11 on Thursday even as CM Suvendu Adhikari said corruption on the part of officials during the previous TMC government was responsible for the incident. The building plan was sanctioned in January, he said. "The plan bears the signature of the former mayor," Adhikari said. Firhad Hakim, who was the mayor at the time, said the collapse took place due to a "lack of supervision". Hakim's former OSD was arrested for the collapse.P10

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