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Chawri Bazar building collapse

The story so far

An under-construction three-storey building on Gali Sitara in Old Delhi's Chawri Bazar collapsed on 5 November.
Six people died, five of them from Bihar, according to the published toll.
Police say the building was going up illegally and was unsafe; the owner and three contractors were arrested in Faridabad.
A case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Hauz Qazi police station.

Updates

Photo: Finck Roderick / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Politics

Police say the three-storey building was going up illegally. The four accused were traced to a village in Faridabad.

8 Nov 2026