Death Toll Reaches Four in Old Delhi's Chawri Bazar Building Collapse

The death toll from a three-storey building collapse near the Chawri Bazar Metro station in Old Delhi has risen to four after rescuers retrieved another body on Saturday. Rescuers transported the unidentified remains to Dr. L.N.J.P. Hospital, while search operations remained ongoing.

Police previously identified three of the victims as Pankaj Sharma, Kishori, and Sanjeet. Out of six total individuals pulled from the rubble, two injured workers were rescued and are in stable condition following medical care.

Authorities stated that between 10 and 15 labourers were working on the 50-square-metre plot when the unapproved structure collapsed during the laying of a roof slab. According to municipal officials, no building plans had been sanctioned for the site, and the construction utilized non-engineered materials that had not set correctly.

Following the collapse, police arrested three contractors in Faridabad. An FIR has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, alongside other charges, after surviving workers reported that warnings about structural instability and weak materials were ignored to save costs.