New Delhi: Five people were killed and nine injured after a wall collapsed in Delhi’s Alipore, with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ordering a probe into the incident and suspending a junior engineer and an assistant engineer, a Senior official said on Saturday (July 16). “An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and action has been taken. A junior engineer and an assistant engineer have been suspended,” a senior MCD official was quoted as saying by PTI.
The MCD official said an inquiry was ordered on the directions of the Municipal Commissioner and action was initiated after “serious cognizance of the unfortunate incident” in Bakoli village.
Alipore wall collapse Taking cognizance of the wall collapse incident in Bakoli village, as per the order of Commissioner MCD, the concerned Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineer have been suspended for investigation of the incident.#Delhi
— ANI (@ANI) 16 July 2022
Delhi Police had informed on Friday that a case has been registered and two people have been arrested.
the event was Happened in an under construction warehouse where a wall collapsed At around 12:42 on Friday night, suddenly many people got trapped. Police had said that of the nine injured, the condition of two was critical.
A Delhi Police official said on Saturday that the injured are undergoing treatment and a case has been registered in the incident. Additional DCP Raja Banthia said, “Yesterday, five people died in the incident while nine others are undergoing treatment. An FIR has been registered under IPC sections 288, 304, 337 and 34. Two accused have been arrested. has been taken.” ANI quoted Outer North as saying.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said that he was monitoring the relief work and expressed grief over the deaths due to the wall collapse. In a tweet in Hindi, Kejriwal said, “A very sad incident happened in Alipore. District administration is engaged in relief and rescue work. I am monitoring the relief operations. I pray for the souls of the dead.”
(with agency input)