A case has been lodged against officers of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) following the collapse of a building in Karachi’s Lyari that killed 27 persons and injured four.
The first information report (FIR) was registered on a complaint of an official of the Sindh Local Government, Housing, and Town Planning Department.
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According the FIR, the building, constructed in 1986 by its owner as a ground-plus-five structure divided into two sections, had long been in a dilapidated and uninhabitable state.
The complainant maintained that one section of the building, comprising 20 flats, collapsed due to the criminal negligence of SBCA officers, resulting in the deaths of 27 individuals, including men, women, and children, and injuries to four others.
