9 people have died and 16 injured after a four-storey residential building collapsed in suburban Ghatkopar.

Maharashtra chief minister orders municipal commissioner to probe building collapse and submit report in 15 days. BMC commissioner Ajoy Mehta has ordered an inquiry into the matter.

Sunil Shitap, who is a Shiv Sena office bearer, allegedly destroyed columns to build the nursing home on the ground floor brushing aside opposition from those living in the building. His wife contested the BMC election on a Sena ticket.

This was this monsoon’s first major house crash. Around 12 families lived in the building which also housed a private hospital on the ground floor.