Four labourers, including a woman, working at an under construction site died and few others were injured after the wall of a house collapsed in West Delhi’s Hari Nagar area on Friday evening. The incident took place around 8 pm in the Bl block of Hari Nagar. The labourers were working at the site when the mud placed on the floor fell on the wall which collapsed and the labourers were stuck under the debris. Spells of rain had weakened the soil which led to the wall collapse. locals informed police who rushed to the spot. Fire tenders and civil defence teams were called in to rescue them. They were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The dead have been identified as Khanjoo, Nana Bhai, Maya Devi and Ram Charan.
“A case under Section 304A has been registered. The owner Subhash Baweja and the contractor Prabhati lal have been arrested,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Ranvir Singh.locals claimed that a similar incident had occurred a few days back but the workers escaped with minor injuries. The owner fled after the incident but was subsequently nabbed. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) also rushed to the spot to examine if the construction was illegal or not. A probe in this regard is on.