Overview
- The five‑storey commercial structure on Western Marg in Saidulajab collapsed on Saturday evening, reducing the building to rubble and damaging an adjoining tin‑shed canteen used by students.
- A multi‑agency rescue effort that used NDRF teams, Delhi Fire Services, JCBs, hydraulic cutters, victim‑location cameras and sniffer dogs ran through the night and has moved into a final precautionary debris‑clearance stage with officials saying all trapped persons have been located.
- Officials have confirmed six fatalities and multiple injuries, with several victims treated at AIIMS and one at Safdarjung Hospital.
- Police registered an FIR that includes culpable‑homicide‑related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and have formed teams to trace the building owner, who is reported to be absconding.
- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi suspended two building engineers for alleged supervisory lapses and the government has ordered wider inspections and technical probes to check for unauthorised construction and compliance failures in the student‑dense neighbourhood.