Coimbatore: P Rajasekar, a 29-year-old Siddhapudur resident, was killed after a portion of his house collapsed on Thursday night.
“Rajasekar and his mother Saraswathi, 55, were labourers. They were staying in their tile-roofed house at Haripuram in Siddhapudur. The walls of the house were weakened due to the recent heavy showers. They were sleeping when a portion of the wall collapsed around 11.30pm. Rajasekar was caught under the debris. Saraswathi suffered minor head injuries,” a police officer said.
Their neighbours cleared the debris and rushed them to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH). But doctors declared Rajasekar brought dead. Saraswathi is undergoing treatment.
The Kattoor police have registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC.
City corporation and revenue officials had visited the area on Thursday morning and requested people staying in six dilapidated houses there to shift to a corporation school, police inspector Latha said. “While some of the residents stayed in their relatives’ house, Rajasekar and Saraswathi stayed in their house,” she said.