India, June 1 -- A 54-year-old woman died after a slab collapse incident in Virar in the early hours of Saturday.

The deceased woman was identified as Alifiya Abbas Manaswala. According to the police, the incident took place at 1am on Saturday in the Merchant Apartment in MB Estate, Virar West. Manaswala's family lived in the flat and was in the house at the time of the incident.

Hussain Manaswala, 30, son of the deceased, was sleeping in the bedroom with his wife and children, while his parents were sleeping in the living room, said a police officer. Alifiya suffered injuries as the debris fell on her, said a police officer. The other residents with the fire brigade rushed her to Sanjeevani Hospital where she breathed her last on Satur...