13 killed in Maha building collapse; 3 more missing

A four-year-old boy and a 60-year-old woman were rescued on Tuesday from the rubble of a five-storey building in Maharashtra's Raigad district which collapsed on the previous evening.

IMAGE: Rescue personnel sift through the rubble in search of survivors at the site where a five-storey apartment building collapsed, in Mahad in Raigad district, on Tuesday. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo

The death toll in the tragedy at Mahad town, 170 km from Mumbai, reached 13 with recovery of 12 bodies on Tuesday, officials said.

At least three more persons were missing, they added.

IMAGE: People console each other near the site of a collapsed five-storey apartment building, in Mahad, on Tuesday. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo

The dead include the rescued boy's 30-year-old mother and two sisters, aged seven and two years, police said.

A man died of cardiac arrest on Monday night after he was hit by a stone from the falling building, police said.

IMAGE: So far eight persons have been rescued, while around 10 persons are still missing. The incident happened on Monday night. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo

The dead -- five men and five women -- include two teenagers, police said.

So far nine persons have been rescued. They are undergoing treatment.

IMAGE: Relatives mourn the death of a victim who died in the building collapse. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo

Tareq Garden, the five-storey building, collapsed on Monday evening.

Police on Tuesday registered an offence against five persons, including builder and architect.

IMAGE: Rescue operations underway after the collapse. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo

The offence was registered against builder Farooq Kazi, RCC consultant Bahubali Dhamne and architect Gaurav Shah under sections 304 (culpable homicide), 304A (causing death by negligence) and 338 (Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code, a police official said.