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Hariram Gupta, the proprietor of the constructing that collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, has been arrested in Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi. The demise toll within the incident has now reached seven.
Delhi Satya Niketan constructing collapse: Proprietor arrested
The proprietor of the constructing that collapsed in southwest Delhi’s Satya Niketan space was apprehended in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, officers mentioned on Monday. The proprietor, recognized as Hariram Gupta, was taken into custody because the examination within the case stays ongoing.
The event comes because the demise toll within the Satya Niketan constructing collapse rose to seven on Monday, with search and rescue operations getting into their second day.
To date, 12 folks have been rescued from the particles of the decades-old multi-storey constructing, which housed a boys’ paying visitor lodging close to Delhi College’s South Campus.
Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure Inspector Normal (IG) Narendra Bundela mentioned the NDRF didn’t have a “particular determine” on the quantity of people that should still be trapped beneath the particles.
Based on Bundela, the rescue operation being performed by the NDRF together with sister businesses from the Delhi authorities is predicted to proceed till late Monday.
Seven Useless, 11 Taken To AIIMS Trauma Centre
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) mentioned that 11 sufferers had been acquired on the JPN Apex Trauma Centre following the collapse.
Of those, 5 had been introduced useless, whereas one other affected person who was initially in important situation later succumbed to accidents. Three sufferers have been admitted and are present process remedy, whereas one affected person underwent limb surgical procedure.
One other affected person, who sustained a minor harm, was discharged after remaining beneath commentary, in keeping with the AIIMS assertion.
Constructing Collapsed Throughout Restore Work
The multi-storey constructing collapsed at round 1.30 pm on Sunday whereas restore work was underway, triggering a large-scale rescue operation.
A number of businesses, together with the Delhi Police, Delhi Fireplace Service, NDRF and Delhi Catastrophe Administration Authority, continued rescue efforts by the evening and into Monday.
The collapse concerned a decades-old construction that was getting used as a paying visitor lodging for boys within the Satya Niketan space.
Police Case, Magisterial Inquiry Ordered
Police have registered a case towards the constructing proprietor and others in reference to the collapse. A magisterial inquiry has additionally been ordered to look at the circumstances surrounding the incident.
With the constructing proprietor now apprehended in Bhiwadi, additional examination within the case is ongoing. The rescue operation additionally continues as businesses work to establish whether or not anybody stays trapped beneath the particles.
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Ask News18Hariram Gupta, the proprietor of the constructing that collapsed in southwest Delhi’s Satya Niketan space, was arrested in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, on Monday. He was taken into custody because the examination within the case continues.
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September 07, 2026, 14:10 IST
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