New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Delhi police has filed a charge sheet against 3 accused for the alleged offences of Culpable Homicide not amounting to murder, etc. The charge sheet has been filed in Saket Court for the offences of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, causing grievous hurt, and other offences.
Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Shivam Gupta took cognisance of the charge sheet.
The court supplied the copy of the charge sheet to the advocate Chanderbeer Sheoran, counsel for the accused.
He submitted that the scrutiny of documents is complete.
The court committed the case to the Court of Sessions for further proceedings after noting the submissions of counsel. The next date is September 1 before the Court of Sessions for production of accused persons.
On August 13, Delhi Police filed a charge sheet in the Said-Ul-Ajaib village Building collapse case of May 30, 2026. Six people died, and several got injured in the incident.
The charge sheet has been filed against 3 accused persons for the offence under section 105 (Culpable Homicide not amounting to Murder), 290 (Negligent conduct during pulling down, repair or Construction of a building), 125 (a) (causing hurt due to rash or negligent act endangering human life or safety of others), 125 (b) (causing grievous hurt due to rash or negligent act endangering human life or safety of others) and 3 (5) (Common intention) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Three persons named as accused are Karamvir Singh, Manish Khatri and Avinash Gupta. Karamvir Singh is the owner of the building. Khatri and Gupta are builders. All accused persons were arrested by Delhi Police.
As per the Delhi Police FIR lodged at Mehrauli Police Station, the building that collapsed was located in Gali No 5, Said-ul-Azaib, near Saket Metro Station.
According to the officials, information regarding the building collapse was first received at around 7:35 pm by beat staff from Police Station Mehrauli during routine patrol in Saidulajab village. The personnel immediately rushed to the spot and called for backup, following which the first PCR call was logged at 7:38 pm.
Police said local teams responded immediately and initially rescued six people trapped under the debris, while all emergency response agencies were alerted simultaneously.
The building housed several offices and a cafe. As per the FIR, a lady used to run a kitchen near the building. At the time of the incident, some people were there for dinner, and staff were also there.
The building collapsed on the kitchen, and several people were buried in debris. Some of them were rescued. (ANI)
Saket building collapse case: Delhi Court takes cognisance of chargesheet filed against building owner, builders
