At least one person was killed and two others injured when the scaffolding of an under-construction building collapsed in Dharavi sector 5 on Sunday night. The Dharavi police have registered an FIR against the contractor and the engineer.

The Maharashtra Housing Area and Development Authority (MHADA) was carrying out the construction work at PMGP colony near Dharavi bus depot. The locals said the iron scaffolding came crashing down on the adjacent building and vehicles in the vicinity. An autorickshaw driver, Shahdadali Ansari, was killed in the accident. The injured were identified as 50-year-old taxi driver, Shamlal Jaiswal, and Sajid Khan, 36, an employee at a cloth shop.