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WB: Another body recovered from bridge collapse site, toll is 3

Mondal was working as a cook in the extension of the Metro rail project going on adjacent to the Majerhat bridge, he said.

Kolkata: Another body was recovered Thursday from the debris of the collapsed Majerhat bridge in south Kolkata, taking the toll in the mishap to three, a police official said.

The body was identified as that of Goutam Mondal (45), a labourer from Murshidabad district who was missing along with another labourer Pranab Dey since the accident on Tuesday, he said.

Mondal was working as a cook in the extension of the Metro rail project going on adjacent to the Majerhat bridge, he said.

Twenty-four-year-old Dey’s body was recovered on Wednesday. He too was a native of Murshidabad district and was working as a labourer in the Metro project. A man identified as Somen Bag was killed in the mishap on Tuesday.

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