Seven lives were lost in a deadly wall collapse in southeast Delhi’s Jaitpur on Saturday, and now police have arrested a 49-year-old tenant accused of illegally housing the victims on unsafe premises. The building’s landlord remains on the run.
The tragedy struck on Saturday morning when a wall of a samadhi sthal in Hari Nagar, near Mohan Baba Mandir, gave way under heavy rain. According to police, the structure stood on a scrap-dumping plot and was never meant for residential use.
Those who died are identified as Ravibul, 27, and his seven-year-old daughter Ruksana; Hasina, also seven, and her mother, 25-year-old Rubina; Assam native Safiqul, 27, and his 28-year-old wife Doli; and Muttu Ali, 50, from West Bengal. Rubina’s husband, 25-year-old Hasibul from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, is being treated at the Safdarjung Hospital Trauma Centre.
“During investigation, we arrested tenant Kurshid, 49, a resident of Radhakantapur village in West Bengal’s Nadia district. He had accommodated the families on the premises for scrap-related work,” said a police officer. The landlord, Rajbir Bhati, a resident of the same area, is currently on the run.
“Raids are being conducted to trace and apprehend him,” the officer added.
Police have registered a case under sections 106 (abetment of an offence), 125 (negligence concerning a building) and 290 (public nuisance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Jaitpur Police Station.
The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said it received a call about the wall collapse at 9.16 am on Saturday. Just three minutes earlier, police were alerted when a caller said, “Badi deewar gir gayi hai (a big wall has fallen),” with several people trapped under debris. Three fire tenders were rushed to the scene.
The Station House officer of Jaitpur PS and his team broke through the collapsed wall to reach those buried. Eight people were pulled out and rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre and Safdarjung Hospital. Only one of them survived, as reported by PTI.
The victims were reportedly migrant workers from West Bengal and Assam, living in makeshift huts and working in the scrap trade.
The tragedy struck on Saturday morning when a wall of a samadhi sthal in Hari Nagar, near Mohan Baba Mandir, gave way under heavy rain. According to police, the structure stood on a scrap-dumping plot and was never meant for residential use.
Those who died are identified as Ravibul, 27, and his seven-year-old daughter Ruksana; Hasina, also seven, and her mother, 25-year-old Rubina; Assam native Safiqul, 27, and his 28-year-old wife Doli; and Muttu Ali, 50, from West Bengal. Rubina’s husband, 25-year-old Hasibul from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, is being treated at the Safdarjung Hospital Trauma Centre.
“During investigation, we arrested tenant Kurshid, 49, a resident of Radhakantapur village in West Bengal’s Nadia district. He had accommodated the families on the premises for scrap-related work,” said a police officer. The landlord, Rajbir Bhati, a resident of the same area, is currently on the run.
“Raids are being conducted to trace and apprehend him,” the officer added.
Police have registered a case under sections 106 (abetment of an offence), 125 (negligence concerning a building) and 290 (public nuisance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Jaitpur Police Station.
The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said it received a call about the wall collapse at 9.16 am on Saturday. Just three minutes earlier, police were alerted when a caller said, “Badi deewar gir gayi hai (a big wall has fallen),” with several people trapped under debris. Three fire tenders were rushed to the scene.
The Station House officer of Jaitpur PS and his team broke through the collapsed wall to reach those buried. Eight people were pulled out and rushed to AIIMS Trauma Centre and Safdarjung Hospital. Only one of them survived, as reported by PTI.
The victims were reportedly migrant workers from West Bengal and Assam, living in makeshift huts and working in the scrap trade.
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