After building collapse kills 7 of family in Northeast Delhi’s Welcome area, negligence case filed

Apart from Matloob, his wife, Rabia (46), their sons Javed (23) and Abdulla (15), daughter Zubia (27), and Zubia’s daughter Fauzia (2) died in the collapse on Saturday. Four others from Matloob’s family were injured in the incident — his sons Parvez (32) and Naved (19), daughter-in-law and Parvez’s wife, Siza (21), and the couple’s 14-month-old son Ahmad. Ahmad succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. The family had moved to the building after their house in Govindpuri caught fire in November last year.

Narrow lanes in the area and closely packed multi-storey buildings posed a huge challenge on Saturday as the Delhi Fire Services, along with police, MCD, and locals, carried out the rescue operation by forming a human chain. The NDRF too had joined the operation, which has now concluded, said an officer.

“We have registered an FIR under different sections of BNS and launched further investigation into the matter. Multiple teams have been formed to investigate the collapse from all angles,” said a police officer.

The collapse had damaged two other buildings in the neighbourhood and injured four others from a family— Deepa (56), Govind (60), Ravi Kashyap (27), and Jyoti (27)

Police said that residents were sleeping inside the building when the top three floors collapsed. The cause of the incident was yet to be ascertained, an officer had said.