Police said the forensic team on Friday collected charred human remains from a two-storey building in west Delhi’s Udyog Vihar, where a massive fire broke out four days ago. Six workers of a shoe warehouse located in the building are still missing. He said the search operation would continue till all areas of the building were checked.
Police also said that they are conducting raids to nab Pankaj Garg, the owner of the godown, who is absconding since the day of the incident. After a fire broke out in the building, where the shoes were assembled and packed for sale, 35 fire tenders and about 140 firefighters were pressed into service on Monday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (External) Parvinder Singh said, “A set of human remains have been collected from the second floor of the building by experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory. No identification is possible. The remains have been sent to the morgue for preliminary post-mortem, pending further investigation.” He added that the search operation inside the building would continue till all the areas were checked.
Deepa Verma, Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Rohini, said, “Two forensic teams have been deployed at this site to find and collect biological evidence. We have been told that six people were trapped in the fire and they are still missing.”
“From a forensic point of view, personal identification in the event of a fire is a very challenging task, especially when the body is highly decomposed or dismembered to deliberately conceal the identity of the individual. In such cases, various techniques of forensic biology are employed to identify individuals through bones or body parts.
“In the present scenario, our forensic experts are involved in the search of the body/skeletal remains at this site of fire,” he added. Crime scene investigation in-charge, FSL, Sanjeev Gupta said that it is generally difficult to trace human remains. Collect samples at fire scenes.
“All burnt material at the scene, including biological tissue, often looks the same. Bones discolor, become brittle, and become highly fractured. As a result, these residues are often disturbed, altered or discolored during visual processing with current protocols.” is destroyed.”
Atul Garg, director of Delhi Fire Services, said, “We are making all efforts. Although now it is dangerous to enter the building because of the heat and some parts of it have already collapsed, our priority is to find the remains.” Punjabi Bagh’s Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) held a meeting on Thursday and discussed. Officials said further action would be taken to trace the missing workers.
He said the SDM sought suggestions from the concerned departments, especially the National Disaster Response Force, Delhi Fire Service, Municipal Corporation and Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation and police, regarding the evacuation of the bodies. During the meeting, civic officials said the building could collapse at any time as cracks were visible in its beams. Officials said they suggested a phased demolition.
He further suggested that the building should be gradually demolished as well as debris removed from the site. Police said on Monday that four warehouse workers have been safely evacuated from the building.
He had said that it is suspected that the fire started from the first floor of the building and later spread to the second floor.
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