A 22-year-old labourer died on Tuesday after a portion of an old building collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Keshav Puram area. Police said that the wall of the building was being gazed when the incident occurred.
According to Vijayanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Nortwest district, on Tuesday at 10.38 am, they received information that a building was collapse and one person was trapped in the debris at Vishram Nagar, Tri Nagar.
“At the spot, the fire brigade, ambulance and police were present. They pulled out a person from the debris and he was immediately sent to BJRM hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said the DCP.
According to fire department, they received information regarding the incident at 10.40 am.
Two fire tenders and one special unit for rescue were sent to the spot, fire officials said.
“During enquiry, it was found that the two-storey building was around 50-60 years old. The owner of the building left it around four years back. Now, the building was being dismantled and during this process, the front side wall of the upper storey collapsed suddenly,” the DCP said.