The death toll in the collapse of a six-storey building in Gujarat's Surat city has gone up to seven with the recovery of six more bodies overnight, police said on Sunday.
The residential building, located in Pal area, collapsed at around 2.45 pm on Saturday.
While a woman was rescued soon after the collapse, the body of a man was pulled out on Saturday night, an official earlier said.
Rescue teams later pulled out six more bodies from the debris, according to police
Seven bodies have been recovered in the operation that continued through the night, Sachin GIDC police station inspector Jignesh Chaudhari said.
After the incident, the rescue operation was launched with the help of teams of the National Disaster Response Force and local fire department.
A woman rescued soon after the building collapse was rushed to a hospital where she was undergoing treatment, Chaudhari said.
"While the operation to remove the rubble continues, we do not think there is anyone else trapped inside," he said.
The building was constructed in 2016-17, Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot said on Saturday.
Around five flats were occupied, mostly by those who work in factories in the area, he said.
A rescue operation was under way as a few others were feared trapped under the debris of the building that collapsed around 6 am.
"As many as six people were retrieved from under the debris and brought to the Sadar Hospital here. Of them, two were brought dead. Another woman succumbed to the injuries. The treatment of the three others, including a child, is under way," Deoghar Civil Surgeon Ranjan Sinha told PTI.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed for the rescue operation. Deoghar Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Ritvik Srivastava told PTI, "A few more seem to be still trapped under the debris. The rescue operation is under way."
NDRF inspector Randhir Kumar, who is leading the operation, said efforts are on to retrieve the trapped people.
