Criminal case against firm for Shalimar shed collapse

Kolkata: The railway police have started a criminal case against the construction company entrusted with building a shed at Shalimar railway station in Howrah district, which had collapsed on Monday, killing a worker. The case has been registered on the basis of a complaint by a labour supplier company, said Adhir Sharma, Director General of Police (DGP), Railways, West Bengal. "We have started an investigation into the incident," Sharma said. A labourer named Dukha Chaupal (27), a resident of Darbhanga, was killed after the under-construction shed collapsed. Six workers were also injured.