Death toll rises to three following under-construction building collapse in Rohini area

The death toll has climbed to three after two more persons were declared dead following a four-story under-construction building collapsed in the Rohini area of the national capital, officials said. A total of three people were pulled from the debris by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), out of which one person was injured, while two were declared dead. According to reports, before the DFS arrived at the scene, locals had already retrieved one person from the rubble and taken him to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Meanwhile, Station Officer Naveen Thakran noted that a total of four persons were buried under the debris, who were rescued and moved to the B.R. Ambedkar Hospital, where 3 of them were declared brought dead while one person sustained injuries. The deceased have been identified as 20-year-old Noorul Huda, a resident of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh; 51-year-old Ram Dua, a resident of Sector-16, Rohini; and 42-year-old Ram, also a local resident of Rohini Sector-16. The injured survivor, identified as 34-year-old Saddam from Dwarka in North West Delhi, remains hospitalised. The rescue operation has concluded, although a DFS team remains deployed at the site as a precautionary measure. The incident took place on Thursday afternoon involving a ground-plus-four-story structure spanning roughly 52 square meters, originally a pair of two 26-meter DDA flats. Earlier, Rohini Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shashank Jaiswal said that after receiving the information, he reached the spot, followed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), the District Magistrate (DM), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, and other officers to launch a joint rescue operation. An FIR has also been registered under the relevant sections.