Death toll rises to 3 at Delhi Hauz Qazi collapse

A third labourer has been recovered dead from the rubble of a three-story building that collapsed in Old Delhi's Hauz Qazi area on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Pankaj Sharma, a 40-year-old resident of Hanuman Nagar village in Bihar's Khagaria district. The Hauz Qazi area in New Delhi witnessed the tragic collapse of a building under construction around 9:45 am on Thursday, resulting in the death of three workers and injury to two others.

Rescue operations have been ongoing for nearly 48 hours, with a total of five individuals pulled out of the debris. Both injured workers have received medical treatment and are now stable. The building, which was allegedly constructed without the necessary approvals, stood on a 50-square-meter plot. Authorities have registered an FIR against the building owners and contractors under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Efforts are being made to trace the builders responsible for the unauthorized construction.