Noida lift crash: Toll rises to 8

Noida: Four more workers who were hospitalised after a service lift crashed at an under-construction society in Noida Extension succumbed to their injuries on Saturday, raising the death toll in the accident to eight, officials said.

A financial aid of Rs 25 lakh each has been granted to families of those killed, a senior officer said.

Police said they have made the first arrest in the case after nabbing a general manager of the contractual construction company involved in the project.

The lift had nine workers in it when it fell from the 14th floor of the under-construction tower at an Amrapali Dream Valley project site in Noida Extension, also known as Greater Noida (West), on Friday.