Sekhmet club roof collapse: Bodies of victims handed over to family members after post mortem

CHENNAI: The Bodies of victims who died in the roof collapse at the Sekhmet club on Chamiers road, was handed over to family members after post mortem at Government Royapettah Hospital.

While the body of Cyclone Raj is being taken to Dindigul by road, bodies of the two victims from Manipur - Max and Lalli will undergo embalming procedure at a private hospital and will be airlifted to Manipur.

Three staff of the club, Max (22) and Lalli (24)- both from Manipur and ‘Cyclone’ Raj (48) who was on the first floor died after a concrete ceiling on the first floor collapsed abruptly around 7:15 PM on Thursday.

Coworkers told DT Next that, Raj was the bar manager while Lalli was a bartender and Max, a steward. Max had joined work only a couple of weeks ago.

Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J Radhakrishnan who visited the premises later at night said that an additional concrete roofing below the original roof collapsed which led to the accident.

Manipuri's gather in numbers at mortuary for final send-off for statemates

At the Government Royapettah Hospital (GRH) mortuary, more than 50 Manipuris gathered to give a send-off to their statemates who were killed in a workplace accident. The youngest of the victims, Max (20) had come to the city only a week ago to join work at the club, according to his sister, Mary, who works in another part of the city.

Meanwhile, family members of Cyclone Raj, the restaurant manager were inconsolable even as representatives of the club management promised due compensation for Raj's family. "How will his wife manage with four young daughters?" a relative said.

Representatives of Sekhmet club who were liaisoning with the family members of the victims at GRH did not comment on whether CMRL was responsible for the roof collapse.