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Five persons were killed and 18 injured when an old building at Nehrupura in Bharathi Nagar area in the city of Bangalore collapsed on Tuesday night, police said.

The collapse was triggered after a large number of people gathered at a flat in the second floor of the building for a function, DCP (East) B K Singh said.

The building belonged to the city corporation, he said. The injured have been hospitalised.

The Corporation tried to shift the blame on to the contractor of the building. Reports say the contractor, Ramaiah, had not handed over possession of the building to the Corporation after it was constructed. Instead, he had rented out the apartments illegally.

Civic officials, who rushed to the spot after the incident, said they will have to hold talks with senior officials before announcing compensation. Source: Sify

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