Rajasthan: Case against marriage hall owner after 25 dead in wall collapse

Jaipur: A case was registered on Thursday morning against the owner of a marriage hall in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district where a wall collapsed following a storm leaving 25 dead. While 25 people were killed yesterday in the incident, one of the victims succumbed to injuries today.

Twenty-eight persons were injured and the condition of four of them is stated to be critical. Superintendent of Police Anil Tank said the marriage home owner has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

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He said a survey of all the marriage homes and gardens in Bharatpur will be conduced to review safety and security measures.

A marriage function was going on in the hall when the storm hit the area yesterday. People had taken shelter under a shed attached to a wall which collapsed suddenly.
He said the entire wall and the shed collapsed and they got trapped.

The weather suddenly changed and heavy winds started blowing leading to the incident at the Sewar Road.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed pain at the loss of lives and announced Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.

"The incident in Bharatpur has pained me beyond words. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased. I hope the injured recover soon," he tweeted.

In another incident, a man was killed when a portion of roof of a house collapsed due to storm. The incident occurred in a village in the district last night, the SP added.