Kolkata: Nine dead, 20 injured in Taratala warehouse collapse; CM Suvendu claims Firhad Hakim signed building plan
New Delhi, June 25 -- Suvendu Adhikari, the chief minister of West Bengal, revealed on Thursday that nine people have died and 20 were injured after an under-construction warehouse collapsed in Kolkata's Taratala area a day ago.
The announcement was made in the Assembly, where he also announced Rs.10 lakh as compensation for the families of deceased and Rs.one lakh for each injured in the incident.
Five people have been arrested in connection to the incident, the CM said while asserting that no one will be spared.
Adhikari also said that former Kolkata mayor and Mamata Banerjee's close aide Firhad Hakim was the once whose signature appears on the building plan of the collapsed warehouse.
On Wednesday, the CM had said that as per preli...
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