Couple Found Dead In Car under Mumbai Hoarding

They were among the 100 others trapped under the hoarding...


A retired Air Traffic Control (ATC) manager and his wife were along with 16 people who died after a 250-tonne hoarding fell on them during a massive dust storm that hit Mumbai, on Monday.

The bodies of retired ATC manager Manoj Chansoria, 60, and his wife Anita, 59, were found inside their car on Wednesday night after the 100-foot hoarding collapsed on top of a petrol pump in east Mumbai. 

They were among the 100 others trapped under the debris after the massive hoarding fell on the petrol pump.

Mr Chansoria had retired as a general manager of Mumbai ATC in March, this year and the couple had moved to Jabalpur.

They were in Mumbai for a few days to complete visa formalities for Ms Chansoria, police said. After completing their work, the couple were heading back to Jabalpur and had stopped to refill petrol at the Ghatkopar pump when the storm hit, they added.

Search and rescue operations at the site of the collapse have been started after all bodies were pulled from there.

Edited By: Tuba Sultana

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