On Thursday, the three-storey building in Old Delhi came crashing down, killing two people and injuring others. The roof was built barely 15 days ago, and the owner had not even applied for approval of the construction plan.
A case under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, is being registered against the building owners and contractors, according to police.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has suspended an assistant engineer and a junior engineer following the collapse, with its initial findings showing that the building had never been booked for unauthorised construction. The property had not been booked for unauthorised construction either. The exact cause of the collapse is yet to be established. Officials are examining the circumstances in which the building gave way during the removal of temporary roof supports. Teams from Delhi Police, the National Disaster Response Force, Delhi Fire Services and the MCD were called in after the collapse.
The other two, Sahdev Chaudhary, 25, and Firoz, 37, are stable and out of danger, police said. A case under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, is being registered against the building owners and contractors, according to police.
The MCD also said it had received no complaint about the construction before the collapse.
