Eight Dead After Lift At Under Construction Amrapali Building In Greater Noida Collapses
The death toll in the lift crash incident at Amrapali Dream Villa Housing Society in Greater Noida rose to eight on Saturday after four more people succumbed to their injuries.
The deceased have been identified as Istaq Ali, Arun Tanti Mandal, Vipot Mandal, Aris Khan, Asul Mustaqeem, Abdul Mustaqeem, Kuldeep Pal and Arbaaz Ali. The condition of the only survivor so far is also said to be critical.
Lift crashed from 14th floor
"Four workers had died after the incident on Friday. Five of them were admitted to the district hospital in a critical condition. Of these, four more have succumbed to the injuries while one worker is still undergoing treatment," District Magistrate Manish Verma said.
The service lift carrying nine construction labourers working at the Amrapali Dream Villa site crashed from the 14th floor on Friday morning.
Following the mishap, the district administration and the local Greater Noida Authority have launched probes into the episode, and the entire project has also been sealed.
FIR filed
A financial compensation of Rs 25 lakh each has been issued for families of those killed in the incident, a senior officer said.
An FIR was lodged Friday at the local Bisrakh Police Station, and nine people were booked for negligence and culpable homicide, among others, in connection with the case.
It should be noted that the construction work was being carried out by the state-owned National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) at the direction of the Supreme Court.
Amrapali founder in jail since 2019
Amrapali Group founder and former chairman Anil Kumar Sharma was arrested by the Delhi Police in 2019 on the orders of the Supreme Court in a petition filed by home buyers.
Thousands of homebuyers across various projects of Amrapali Group had accused Sharma and other directors of the company of defrauding them after taking substantial amounts from them.
How?Amrapali cheated thousands of customers?
It also came to light that Amrapali Group had even sold flats at the G1 tower of Amrapali Silicon City in Noida's Sector 76, which the Noida authority had never sanctioned.
A forensic audit of the company's finances revealed that Sharma and other directors had siphoned off the money from homebuyers, leaving it in no position to complete the projects.
More than 46,000 people who bought homes at Amrapali's various projects were affected by this.
The SC, which took over the company, had asked NBCC to complete construction in 16 projects consisting of 46,575 units.
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