Among those who died in the building collapse at Satya Niketan were two students from Uttar Pradesh; 20-year-old Abhishek Kharwar of Chandauli was preparing for competitive exams alongside his B Com degree, while 18-year-old Pawan Singh of Auraiya had just begun his BSc course.
Amid his grief, he sought to know why students were allowed to stay in the building if construction work was being undertaken. “Parents raise their children with so much care. In Auraiya’s Dibiyapur, Singh’s death left another family shattered.
Kharwar had moved to Delhi in 2025 for higher studies, his family said, as he completed his second year of B Com and wanted to pursue an MBA. His father, Santosh Kharwar, had spoken to him on September 5 and paid his hostel fee, but a day later, he could not reach his son. Singh had secured admission to a BSc course on July 20 and had recently visited home for Raksha Bandhan and stayed on to celebrate Janmashtami before leaving for Delhi, his family said.
When they send them to another city for studies, they expect them to be safe,” he said. His family members said that they believed it was the start of a successful journey, but it ended in tragedy. He was the lone son among the five children of Dr Vishwambhar Nath Singh and Meera Singh, they said. His ailing mother was told about her son’s death only after his body arrived.
His father rushed to Delhi upon learning about the collapse and brought the body home on Monday evening.
