Hours after shop roof collapse kills 1 in Chandigarh, contractor, tenant arrested

The roof of an under-renovation booth had collapsed in Chandigarh’s Sector 33-D market on Wednesday, killing a 24-year-old migrant labourer and injuring two others.

The police identified the contractor as Surinder Singh and the tenant as Ayush Mehan.

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Hours after the roof of an under-renovation booth collapsed in Chandigarh’s Sector 33-D market, killing a 24-year-old migrant labourer and injuring two others, the police arrested the labour contractor and the tenant of two booths late on Wednesday night on charges of causing death by negligence.

The police identified the contractor as Surinder Singh and the tenant as Ayush Mehan. The ownership of the two booths is yet to be established.

“The contractor and tenant were arrested and are out on bail. The injured are stable,” Inspector Baldev Kumar, the station house officer of police station 34, said.

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Manchan Yadav, Chhote Lal and Arun Tiwari were among the five workers who were engaged in renovation work. (Express photo)

Manchan Yadav, Chhote Lal and Arun Tiwari were among the five workers who were engaged in renovation work. When the roof collapsed at around 5.05 pm, two workers managed to run out in time. Yadav was found dead in the debris and Lal and Tiwari were rescued.

The police said that earlier a liquor vend was run from the two booths. Mehan, a resident of Sector 32, wanted to open a cafe and had given a contract to Singh to make the necessary changes in the booths, police sources said.

Preliminary police investigations suggest that a common wall that acted as a supporting wall between the two booths had recently been razed and could have led to Wednesday’s roof collapse.

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