Sudden rain in the Capital claimed two lives and injured three others in two separate incidents. Two kids, including a two-year-old girl, were killed in separate incidents of collapse in the city which were triggered by the rain on Wednesday afternoon.
The first incident took place in Central Delhi’s Anand Parbat area on Wednesday when a two-storeyed dilapidated house fell on an adjacent shanty around 2.50 pm.
“Two-year-old Varsha was killed in the incident while a 20-day-old infant and two adults — Harish (20) and Bindu (20) — were injured in the incident,” said a police official. The rescue operation began soon after the incident and the injured were admitted to the Jeevan Mala Hospital in Karol Bagh, said a fire department official. Police claims they are investigating the case.
In another incident, a ten-year-old boy died in West Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area after a wall collapsed on him. The boy, Ravi was returning from his father’s shop when a wall collapsed on him near Chhoti Puliya area around 2:40 pm. “He was rescued from the rubble and rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries,” said a police official.
A post-mortem was conducted and the body was handed over to his relatives. A case of negligence was registered against the owner of the plot. Further investigations are underway.