India, Dec. 6 -- A senior civic official has been arrested for the collapse of Ramabai Apartments in Virar East in August, the sixth arrest in the case.

Gilson Gonsalves, assistant municipal commissioner in C ward, of the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), was arrested on Thursday, for failing to serve the contractor and owner of the property a notice even though he knew the building was riddled with irregularities and could pose a danger to its residents.

Ramabai Apartments, a four-story building, collapsed on a rainy night on August 26, killing 17 people. Shahiraj Ranaware, senior police inspector with the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) crime branch, said that Gonsalves, during interrogation, was unable to explain why ...