A day after a four-storey dilapidated structure collapsed at Shirley Rajan Road in Bandra West, Bruce D'Penha, 41, one of the two survivors pulled out of the rubble died at Lilavati hospital in the early hours of Tuesday while the other is recovering from severe injuries. The day ended on a tragic note for D'Penha who had gone to pick up his laptop and charger from a shop in the adjacent building when the rubble collapsed on him.

Officials from the H West ward said that one of the three wings of the Bharati building collapsed. No one had ever stayed in the building which was caught up in litigation with the BMC. "The structure with stilt parking had four storeys and a partial fifth storey. The commencement certificate was issued in 1983. We had issued a notice under section 353 B (asking for structural audit) in the third week of July but the owners had asked for some more time," said an official. When the structure collapsed, it fell sideways on the next building, Hardik Villa.