A 31-year-old man who was on a call with his wife, died when a portion of a ground-plus-three storey building collapsed in Kopar Khairane on Saturday night. Minutes before the incident, the rest of the residents had vacated the building, after experiencing jerks. They said they knocked on the main door and rang the doorbell of the deceased, Priyabrata Dhal`s house, but since he was on a call and wearing headphones, he might not have been able to hear the door bell and died, said the police.

Structural audit done

According to the police, a year ago, the residents of Saiprasad building located in Bonkode, Kopar Khairane, conducted a structural audit which stated that their building`s construction quality was not good and it had already become dilapidated. On Saturday evening the residents held a meeting with a former corporator of the area and decided to vacate it.