Three family members dead in building collapse at Kolkata's Burrabazar area

 A four-storey dilapidated building in the Posta area of central Kolkata collapsed on Tuesday, killing three members of a family.

The three were trapped inside a room when the building collapsed, according to Police. 

Taraprasanna Saha, Sobha Rani Saha and Beauty Roy were pulled out by local residents and fire brigade personnel, the officials added.

They were taken to the Calcutta Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Taraprassana as "brought dead". Doctors tried their best but couldn't save Taraprassana's wife Rani Saha and daughter Beauty Roy. 

The police said people were living there even after it had been declared a "dangerous structure" by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The area was cordoned off and the building evacuated, they said.

Kolkata Police, civic authorities and the fire brigade are at the spot. The building's residents had been given a notice to evacuate the building, and sanction for a new building was already granted. Hpwever the mishap happened before the construction could start. Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee called it a sad incident.

With PTI inputs