Railway building collapse: 5 killed, many injured

Five persons were killed and several others injured here when an old Railway parcel office building collapsed on Monday, a top police official said.

“We have recovered five dead bodies, four men and a woman, from the debris of the collapsed old Railway parcel office building,” Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner Pandurang Rane said here.

Asked whether any railway employee was among the dead, he said, “A Railway employee, GRB (Group B) employee and a civilian, could be among the dead ... we are investigating,” Rane said. Rescue operations are still on, he added.