Kolkata: Several employees including to high-ranked officials of Sales tax department in Beliaghata were injured after a lift collapsed from first floor while going upwards on Thursday morning.
Two among the injured persons sustained multiple injuries and has been admitted at a private hospital in Salt Lake.
According to sources, on Thursday, around 11 am, employees of Sales Tax including Assistant Commissioner Tapas Roy Choudhury and Manu Das got into a lift to reach their respective offices in the building.
When the lift reached the first floor, suddenly the metallic rope from which the lift was hanging got detached and the lift collapsed on the ground floor.
Hearing the sound of collapse, lift mans ran to the lift and opened it with lift opening keys. All the injured persons were taken to a hospital from where they have been treated and discharged. Roy Choudhury and Das were shifted in a private hospital in Salt Lake where they are at present undergoing treatment. Sources informed that their injuries are not much serious.
It is alleged that the lifts in the building are not being maintained well and thus the incident happened. However, the it is not clear why the lift had collapsed. Police are mulling to call forensic experts in order to find the cause of collapse.