NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested three contractors in connection with the collapse of an under-construction building in Chawri Bazar, which claimed two lives.The accused, identified as Siraj, Tajuddin and Furkan, were apprehended from Sirohi village in Dauj tehsil of Faridabad.They are being arrested in a case registered under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.The three contractors are residents of the Ajmeri Gate area in Delhi, police said.A four-storey under-construction building collapsed in central Delhi’s Chawri Bazar around 9.30am on Thursday, killing two labourers and injuring several others.Locals said around 15 people were working at the site when the structure’s third floor gave way as workers were laying the lintel, bringing down the building.Seven people were pulled out of the rubble, with two succumbing to their injuries. Teams from Delhi Police, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Service and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) continued searching for others feared trapped.An FIR under Section 105 of the BNS was registered against the building owner, Samiullah, and the contractors.A senior police officer said the police had alerted the MCD about unauthorised construction at the site nearly five months ago.The MCD said it had inspected the building and found the owner undertaking repair work. It said no subsequent complaint about fresh construction or demolition was received.The civic body also suspended an assistant engineer and a junior engineer for prima facie dereliction of duty, pending further inquiry.
