One daily wager died and five others were injured after a wall of an under-construction building collapsed in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash II area on Saturday. “The daily wage labourers were working at the under-construction basement and Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officials received a call at 12.10 pm about the collapse,” said a fire service official.
Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot, said the official, adding six people were injured and taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Trauma centre where one identified as Satish (42) succumbed to his injures.
While five others — Narayan (48), Durga Majhi (38), Kapil (27), Ramswarup (50) and Ravi Mishra (35) — are currently undergoing treatment
Police said a case under Section 287 and 304A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered. Investigations have been initiated against builder Nitin Verma, his father and the contractor to check whether they had necessary permissions for the construction and what safety arrangements were made, they added.