<p>Two persons, including a 40-year-old woman, were killed when the roof of a building collapsed in north-east Delhi’s Sonia Vihar on Saturday. A case has been filed, police said.</p>.<p>“Two executive engineers of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation will conduct an inquiry and report in 72 hours,” said spokesperson Y S Mann.<br /><br />Labourers were renovating the building in Sonia Vihar pocket 6 when the incident took place around 4 pm. <br /><br />The deceased has been identified as Sunita Beniwal, who was the principal of a private school. The building was around 20 years old and the ground floor was constructed on 50 square yards.<br /><br />Police said Sunita lived with her sons Ankit and Shekhar, and parents Nand Vallabh and Parvati. The land was registered in Parvati’s name. <br /><br />“The labourers had been working at the building for the last one month. Due to the renovation work, Sunita and her family had shifted to a rented house in the neighbourhood,” said a police officer.<br /><br />At the time of the collapse, Sunita had gone to the building to serve tea to the labourers. A call was made to the police control room after which the fire department was also informed.<br /><br />“A fire tender was rushed to the spot for rescue operation,” a fire officer said. The victims were taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, where Sunita and 35-year-old labourer Vijay were declared brought dead.<br /><br />After an initial probe, police said the roof collapse also damaged other parts of the building. Sunita, Vijay and another labourer 25-year-old Shakeel were stuck in the debris, but were rescued before police or fire department officers arrived at the spot. </p>.<p>“They were taken to hospital in a PCR van, but Sunita and Vijay succumbed to their injuries,” the officer adder. The condition of Shakeel is stated to be stable.<br /><br />After the incident, police have registered a case under sections 288 (negligent conduct with respect to repairing buildings) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code with Khajoori Khas police station. <br /><br />Locals allege that the area, which houses several old buildings, has become a hub of illegal construction with the connivance of police and municipal corporation officers.</p>
<p>Two persons, including a 40-year-old woman, were killed when the roof of a building collapsed in north-east Delhi’s Sonia Vihar on Saturday. A case has been filed, police said.</p>.<p>“Two executive engineers of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation will conduct an inquiry and report in 72 hours,” said spokesperson Y S Mann.<br /><br />Labourers were renovating the building in Sonia Vihar pocket 6 when the incident took place around 4 pm. <br /><br />The deceased has been identified as Sunita Beniwal, who was the principal of a private school. The building was around 20 years old and the ground floor was constructed on 50 square yards.<br /><br />Police said Sunita lived with her sons Ankit and Shekhar, and parents Nand Vallabh and Parvati. The land was registered in Parvati’s name. <br /><br />“The labourers had been working at the building for the last one month. Due to the renovation work, Sunita and her family had shifted to a rented house in the neighbourhood,” said a police officer.<br /><br />At the time of the collapse, Sunita had gone to the building to serve tea to the labourers. A call was made to the police control room after which the fire department was also informed.<br /><br />“A fire tender was rushed to the spot for rescue operation,” a fire officer said. The victims were taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, where Sunita and 35-year-old labourer Vijay were declared brought dead.<br /><br />After an initial probe, police said the roof collapse also damaged other parts of the building. Sunita, Vijay and another labourer 25-year-old Shakeel were stuck in the debris, but were rescued before police or fire department officers arrived at the spot. </p>.<p>“They were taken to hospital in a PCR van, but Sunita and Vijay succumbed to their injuries,” the officer adder. The condition of Shakeel is stated to be stable.<br /><br />After the incident, police have registered a case under sections 288 (negligent conduct with respect to repairing buildings) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code with Khajoori Khas police station. <br /><br />Locals allege that the area, which houses several old buildings, has become a hub of illegal construction with the connivance of police and municipal corporation officers.</p>
