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4-Year-Old Dies After Bricks Fall From Bengaluru Construction Site

Police have opened a case to examine alleged safety lapses at the site.

Overview

  • About 10 to 12 hollow bricks stored on the fourth floor fell onto a makeshift cement-sheet shed in Chinnappanahalli between 3 and 3:30 p.m.
  • The child, identified as Manushree, was declared brought dead at a private hospital, while two boys aged 6 and 5 and a 30-year-old woman were injured.
  • HAL police identified the building owner as Srinivasulu, with preliminary findings alleging construction without adequate safety measures.
  • Officers registered a case at the HAL police station, and investigators are probing possible negligence and safety-code violations.
  • The victims’ family are migrants from Bhoragi village in Sindagi taluk, Vijayapura district, who were living in the temporary shed beside the site.