One person was killed when the roof of a house collapsed in southwest Delhi's Bindapur area on Wednesday, said police.
The deceased, identified as Ashwani (35), was residing as a tenant in the house, said police.
The roof collapsed around 1 pm and other occupants of the house, who were in the other room, had a narrow escape, said a senior police officer.
"The house was quite old and rickety and the owner had not repaired it for a long time. The owner of the house has been booked under section 304 A (causing death by negligence). She escaped from the spot and we are on the lookout for her," added
the officer.
"A case under sections 288 (Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings) and 304A (Causing death due to negligence) IPC has been registered at Bindapur Police station against landlady Rajni on the complaint of Ashwani's wife Ragini," said DCP(Southwest) Surender Kumar.