Bengaluru: A four-member expert committee has been formed to carry out a structural analysis of Mantri Square at Malleswaram to ascertain its safety before it is thrown open to the public again. It may be recalled two members of the housekeeping staff were injured when part of a parapet corridor on the rear of the complex collapsed on Monday afternoon.The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has temporarily withdrawn the Occupancy Certificate of the mall. The expert committee is led by Radhakrishna, associate professor at RV College of Engineering, and has three members from Civil Aid Techno Clinic Pvt. Ltd. its chairman K S Jayasimha, technical director R Nagendra, and senior director M S Sudarshan. The committee is expected to submit its report within 15 days.

Meanwhile, Mantri Developers, which owns and operates Mantri Square, released an independent structural inspection report of the accident site claiming that the building was structurally safe. The report, compiled by T S Gururaj, chairman and MD, Innotech Engineering Consult Pvt Ltd., attributed the collapse to water logging on the terrace.

However, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad said the authorities would only go by expert committee report.