The Delhi Police on Thursday (November 5) filed a chargesheet in the Patiala House Court against six accused in the Satya Niketan building collapse case, in which a five-storey building run as a paying-guest hostel caved in on September 6, killing at least seven people and leaving a dozen more injured, IANS reported.

Source: IANS via HiIndia

The six named in the chargesheet are Hari Ram Gupta, Urmila Gupta, Mahesh Gupta, Sanoj Kumar, Sudhanshu Lavnish Kumar and Shubham Tyagi. Police have invoked Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) provisions relating to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, negligent conduct during the construction or repair of a building, acts endangering human life, causing injury and damaging property. An FIR in the case was registered at the South Campus police station. The charges are allegations set out by the police and have not been proved in court.

Source: IANS via The Freedom Press

A student PG that came down during repair work

The building, known as 'Hostel Daze', was operated as a boys' paying-guest accommodation in South Delhi's Satya Niketan, near Delhi University's South Campus. Police arrested property owner Urmila Gupta, her husband Hari Ram Gupta and their son Mahesh Gupta; the property had been leased to PG operators Shubham Tyagi and Sudhanshu in August 2025, and labour contractor Sanoj was arrested from Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh. A Delhi court extended the judicial custody of the six accused by 14 days on September 22 while the investigation continued.

Source: The Law Advice

In a status report filed before the Delhi High Court in September, the Delhi Police said the six accused had allegedly failed to take adequate safety precautions during the repair and structural work at the building, endangering the PG residents. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had visited the collapse site to monitor relief and rescue work, and within hours the Municipal Corporation of Delhi suspended a deputy commissioner and four engineers over alleged negligence and dereliction of duty.