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Delhi Police has filed a 638-page chargesheet against six people, including the owners of a building and two paying guest (PG) operators, in connection with the September 6 Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people, including five students and two labourers, officials said .
As reported by PTI, The chargesheet, filed before a court, names building owner Hariram Gupta, his wife Urmila Gupta, their son Mahesh Gupta, labour contractor Sanoj Kumar and PG operators Sudhanshu Lavnish Kumar and Shubham Tyagi as accused.
Police have examined 87 witnesses in the case and invoked charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash and negligent acts endangering human life and negligence during repair or construction works, among other offences, according to the chargesheet.
The accused have been booked under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 125(a) (rash or negligent act endangering life), 3(5) (common intention), 290 (negligent conduct during repair or construction of a building), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 324(2) and 324(4) (mischief causing damage to property) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to the investigation, Hariram Gupta was the caretaker and a direct beneficiary of the building, while his wife Urmila Gupta is the registered owner. Police found that payments related to the property were transferred to her bank account.
Their son Mahesh Gupta allegedly managed the affairs of the building and collected cash payments, while contractor Sanoj Kumar was the mason who was carrying out the work and allegedly demolished a wall at the property.
