110-year-old building collapses in Madurai; Cop on duty dies, colleague critical

The cops at Madurai’s Vilakkuthoon police station were on night patrols in the city when a portion of the dilapidated building came crashing down on them.

Chennai: In the wee hours of Wednesday, a 110-year-old building collapsed in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai. The incident led to the death of a policeman on duty and left his colleague critically injured.

The cops at Madurai’s Vilakkuthoon police station were on night patrols in the city when a portion of the dilapidated building came crashing down on them.

Head Constable Saravanan succumbed to his injuries on the spot, while his colleague Kannan is under critical care at a private hospital in the city. The latter is being treated for a grievous head injury and a limb fracture.