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Eight Indians killed in Dubai roof collapse

Seventeen persons were injured in the incident while two are still missing.

"All but one of the 17 injured are also Indians," I P Mohanan, consul at the Indian consulate in Dubai told PTI.

One of the injured, a Nepalese, is reported to be in critical condition at a hospital in Dubai.

The deceased are:
Lekhraj (Jalandhar, Punjab),
Shiv Ghagwan (Sikar, Rajasthan),
Har Sahai (Delhi),
Sadula Samuel (Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh),
R K Verma (Uttar Pradesh),
Penta Lakshmaiah,
Surjit Singh,
Shankar .

The two missing are Kulwinder Singh (Amritsar, Punjab) and Guruswamy S Kumar.

Legal formalities have to be completed before deciding whether the bodies will be sent to India, Mohanan said. A case is yet to be registered, he added.

Meanwhile, an inquiry has been ordered into the incident by the Dubai Power Authority (DEWA).

This is the second major accident at a public utility site in Dubai this year. More than 20 persons, including five Indians, were killed in a flooding accident at the Dubai dry dock, one of the world's major ship repair facilities, in March this year.

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