Confidence: Police have arrested six people in connection with Tuesday’s wall collapse at a construction site in Bachupally, which claimed the lives of seven people.
Cyberabad police arrested builder Arvind Reddy, site engineer Satish, project manager Francis, contractor Rajesh and two others for negligence.
Police have registered a case under section 304-II (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.
Six workers and a four-year-old boy died when the retaining wall of an apartment complex under construction collapsed Tuesday evening after heavy rain.
The incident took place at Renuka Yellamma temple colony in Bachupally in Medchal Malkajgiri district.
-According to police, a 30-40 feet high wall collapsed, killing the migrant construction workers from Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The six-foot-wide mud barrier that supported the compound wall dissolved after heavy rains caused the wall above the makeshift sheds to collapse.
After overnight rescue operations, police found seven bodies early Wednesday morning.
The deceased have been identified as Ram Yadav (44), Geetha Bai (40), Himanshu (4), Shanker Goud (18), Sripati Maheji (23), Bindresh Bhavani Chauhan (30) and Khushi ( 20 years).
The migrant workers worked on the construction site of a five-story building and lived in makeshift sheds there.
