Behrampore: An elderly couple died and a relative was injured when their two-storey mud house collapsed in Sekhpara village in Murshidabad’s Bharatpur area on Friday afternoon following heavy rain.
Syed Farhan Alam, 64, and his wife Jahanara Begum , 60, were buried under debris after a wall caved in.
He said irregularities had been identified in over 70,000 allotments and subsidies recovered from 12,500 ineligible beneficiaries, with the deadline for revised beneficiary lists extended to Aug 31. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolkata | Silver Rate in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Petrol Price in Kolkata | Diesel Price in Kolkata | CNG Price in Kolkata | LPG Price in Kolkata Stay updated with the latest Kolkata news. Rescue teams using an excavator pulled them out, but both died — Alam shortly after being extracted and Jahanara at Kandi Subdivision Hospital. A relative, Syed Manoar Ali, was injured when another section of the wall collapsed as he tried to save himself. State panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh , speaking at a review meeting in Behrampore, expressed condolences and linked the tragedy to alleged irregularities in housing schemes under the previous administration, claiming lapses in Awas Yojana allotments had left many families in substandard structures. Here are more Raksha Bandhan wishes , Bhadra kaal and Shubh Muhurat from The Times of India. Download the TOI App.