Bengaluru, May 30 -- Days after a compound wall collapse at Bowring Hospital claimed seven lives during heavy rainfall, Bengaluru has witnessed another rain-related tragedy. An auto-rickshaw driver was killed after a compound wall collapsed on his vehicle amid heavy showers in the city's Vijayanagar area on Friday evening, May 29.

The deceased has been identified as Shivaborayya, aged 56, a resident of Gangondanahalli. According to police, the incident occurred when a compound wall adjacent to the Vijayanagar Club gave way due to the incessant rain and fell directly onto a parked auto-rickshaw. Shivaborayya, who was inside the vehicle at the time, was trapped under the debris and died on the spot.

His body has been shifted to Victoria H...