New Delhi, The toll in the three-storey building collapse in Old Delhi’s Hauz Qazi area rose to three on Saturday after the body of another labourer was recovered from the debris during the ongoing rescue operations, officials said.
In June, the Delhi Police had flagged unauthorised construction at the property. Efforts are underway to trace the builders. Around 10 to 15 labourers were present at the construction site when the three-storey structure came crashing down, Deputy Commissioner of Police Rohit Rajbir Singh had said. In a communication dated June 15, the SHO of Hauz Qazi police station had informed the MCD’s City Sadar Paharganj Zone about the construction work and identified the landowner and contractor as Furqan. Police have registered an FIR under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the building owners and contractors.
