A couple was injured when plaster from the ceiling of an apartment in a ground-plus-two-storey structure collapsed on them in Thane on Tuesday, a civic official said.

The incident took place around 10.30 am in the Chikhalwadi area of Kopri in the city, said Avinash Sawant, the chief of the regional disaster management cell (RDMC) of the Thane Municipal Corporation said.

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The couple occupied a flat on the second floor of the structure above a public toilet, which they maintained, he said.

The injured couple, Akash Karotia, 26, and his wife Manisha, 22, were rushed to a hospital, the official said.

The RDMC team helped clear the debris and removed portions of the plaster, which were in a dangerous condition, he said.

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