A Delhi court has denied anticipatory bail to Shubham Tyagi, the PG operator accused in the Satya Niketan building collapse case, over an undisclosed rent agreement.

The Patiala House Courts dismissed the plea, citing evidence including the statement of an injured student from the September 6 collapse that killed seven people.

The court found Tyagi’s rent agreement, not revealed in his bail application, showed he had taken the second and third floors specifically to operate a boys’ PG.

Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler said the circumstances required further investigation into Tyagi’s knowledge, consent and financial role.

Five people have been arrested so far in the case, as the Supreme Court separately reviews a plea for a nationwide safety audit of PG accommodations.

Five accused have been arrested so far in connection with the collapse, including the building’s owner and several Municipal Corporation of Delhi officials.

The Supreme Court has separately taken up the matter, with an Amicus Curiae seeking a nationwide, time-bound safety audit of PG accommodations and hostels near colleges.

The National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Delhi government and the University Grants Commission earlier this month over the incident.

MCD had earlier demolished an adjoining unsafe structure at the collapse site, citing danger to public safety under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act.

Tyagi is reported to have told the court that the construction responsible for the collapse was not within the portion of the building he had rented.

The Satya Niketan building collapse on September 6 killed seven people and injured several others, prompting a wider crackdown on unsafe PG accommodations across Delhi.

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler dismissed the anticipatory bail plea after considering submissions from counsel and evidence including the statement of an injured student.

The court noted that Tyagi’s own rent agreement, allegedly not disclosed in his bail application, showed he had taken the second and third floors of the building specifically to run a boys’ PG.

Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

No deaths have been reported after a metal slab collapse at a Gandhinagar construction site, with all 15 trapped workers rescued.

The incident occurred at the Bosky The Empire construction site in Kudasan on Wednesday night, during slab-casting between two existing structures.

Twelve of the rescued workers were hospitalised and remain stable, while three others suffered minor injuries and were discharged.

Preliminary reports suggest a crane may have struck the ceiling during construction work, triggering the collapse.

Teams from the Municipal Corporation, police, SDRF and NDRF worked overnight with heavy cranes and cutting equipment to clear the debris.

Three of the rescued workers who did not suffer major injuries were discharged after treatment, while the remaining 12 were kept under observation.

The debris-clearing operation continued through the night to ensure no workers remained trapped beneath the collapsed slab.

Gujarat authorities are expected to investigate whether safety protocols were followed at the construction site prior to the collapse.

The incident adds to a string of recent construction-related accidents reported across Indian cities this year, prompting renewed scrutiny of site safety standards.

Officials confirmed that all 15 workers involved in the incident have been accounted for, with none reported missing as of the latest update.

The Kudasan area of Gandhinagar has seen rapid commercial construction activity in recent years as the city has expanded its business and retail footprint.

State authorities said a detailed structural assessment of the remaining portions of the Bosky The Empire site would be carried out before construction work resumes.

Labour rights groups have periodically called for stricter enforcement of on-site safety supervision at construction projects involving simultaneous heavy-machinery operation and manual work.

The accident occurred around 9 pm on Wednesday at the Bosky The Empire construction site, where workers were casting a concrete slab between two existing structures.

NDRF rescue operation (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Delhi authorities tore down an unsafe building adjoining the Satya Niketan collapse site on Tuesday, part of the fallout from a collapse that killed seven people on September 6.

The MCD’s demolition order for the adjoining property, P-13 Satya Niketan, cited Section 348 read with Section 491 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.

The owner of the collapsed building has been arrested, five MCD officials suspended, and a contractor also held.

The National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Delhi government and the University Grants Commission on September 8 over the collapse.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea on September 10 seeking a nationwide investigation into unsafe buildings, including a time-bound safety audit of hostels and PG accommodations near Delhi colleges.

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had earlier ordered a case against the collapsed building’s owner and a magisterial inquiry into the circumstances of the collapse.

Satya Niketan is a densely packed neighbourhood near Delhi University’s South Campus, home to a large number of paying-guest accommodations and student hostels.

The Supreme Court’s scheduled hearing is expected to consider whether a nationwide investigation into unsafe buildings, particularly those used as student housing, is warranted.

Structural safety violations in PG and hostel buildings have been a recurring concern in Delhi, with authorities periodically ordering inspections after individual incidents rather than systematic citywide audits.

The five suspended MCD officials are expected to face a separate departmental inquiry into how the adjoining unsafe structure went unflagged prior to the collapse.

The Satya Niketan building collapse on September 6 killed seven people, with rescue operations by NDRF and Delhi Fire Services continuing through the following days.

The demolition order for the adjoining property, P-13 Satya Niketan, was issued on September 6 under Section 348 read with Section 491 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.

MCD Civic Centre, New Delhi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0