Lucknow building collapse: Samajwadi party spokesperson Abbas Haider's wife, mother killed

Two women have died and two more people are still feared trapped a day after a multi-storey building collapsed in Lucknow.

Rescue personnel drawn from various agencies have been working round the clock since the building collapse in the Hazratganj area in the Uttar Pradesh capital Tuesday evening and the hope of pulling out anyone alive from the debris is diminishing by the minute.

The deceased were identified as Samajwadi Party spokesperson Abbas Haider's wife Uzma Haider and mother Begum Haider.

Begum Haider, 87, who was pulled out of the debris Wednesday morning after a nightlong rescue operation, was rushed to a hospital, where she died.

It seems that she had suffered internal injuries, State Director General of Police D S Chouhan told reporters.

Uzma Haider, 30, died at the civil hospital, Health Minister Brajesh Pathak told PTI.

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More than a dozen people have been pulled out of the debris so far and at least two more are still feared trapped, a senior official said.

An FIR was registered on Wednesday against the builder of Alaya Apartments under IPC sections 323 (voluntary causing hurt), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 420 (fraud), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act.