66 killed, Delhi building collapse fuels blame game

NEW DELHI, NOV 16
The collapse of a four-storey building in a congested locality in East Delhi in which 66 people were killed fuelled a blame game today between the Delhi Government and the MCD on what led to the worst such disaster in recent times here.
A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered against the owner of the building Amrit Singh, who is absconding and has not been traced yet, police said.
As rescue workers scrambled to find survivors in tonnes of debris strewn around in a congested locality, family members ran from pillar to post trying to find their near and dear ones. The death toll in the collapse which also left 74 injured rose to 66 after 24 bodies were retrieved today.
“66 people have died and about 73 are injured and admitted to various hospitals of the capital with a major chunk being at the LNJP,” police and hospital officials said.