New Delhi, Sep 8: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday that the civic agency will demolish a dilapidated building next to the site of the ill-fated paying guest (PG) building that collapsed in Satya Niketan killing seven people two days ago.

Sharing information about the plan to pull down the unsafe structure, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on social media platform X on Tuesday said, “On the instructions of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has been directed to demolish the dilapidated building adjoining the accident site in the interest of public safety.”

“The belongings of students inside the building are being safely removed by Delhi Fire Service personnel in a systematic manner. All students and local residents are requested to cooperate with the authorities,” the CMO added.

The demolition order comes in the backdrop of the strict action of suspending five civic officials responsible for checking illegal construction in the colony located close to Delhi University’s South Campus in Dhaula Kuan.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Chief Minister visited AIIMS and met students injured in the Satya Niketan building collapse.

During the visit, CM Gupta inquired about their treatment and reassured their family members of full help from the government and doctors.

“The government will bear the full cost of treatment for all the students injured in the accident and will provide them every possible assistance,” CM Gupta said on social media platform X.

In another development, the Delhi Police dismissed claims that mobile phone jammers were installed to restrict communication during the rescue operation at the building collapse site in Satya Niketan.

Issuing a fact check, the police said, “Rumours of mobile jammers at the Satya Niketan rescue site are completely false.”

“Networks are fully operational. Delhi Police, NDRF, and Fire teams are coordinating seamlessly via mobile. Media and citizens are broadcasting live from the site with no disruption,” the police said in a statement.

“Do not spread engagement-driven misinformation. Rely on verified official updates only,” Delhi Police said.

The five-storey building, known as ‘Hostel Daze’, was operating as a boys’ PG, and several students were staying there when the incident took place around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday in which seven people were killed, the police added.

Portions of an adjacent building also collapsed, according to eyewitnesses, adding to concerns over the safety and structural condition of buildings in the area.

Three members of the family associated with the PG building have been arrested.

Mumbai: Police has now started strict action against drug peddlers In order to clamp down on drug peddlers, the police has started demolition and bulldozing of their illegal houses and assets and property. Criminal occupation and drug dealers 1) Saila Subhash Patel alias Shalo age 35 years alias Saila Bai alias Shalo Raju Pawar, 2) Dharminder Lohari Jaiswar age 20 years, 3) Sikandar Lohar Jaiswar age 21 years, 4) Pushpa Narayan Tade age 36 years, 5) Subhash Motilal Patel age 49 years, 6) Bharat alias Sonu Ramnath Nishad age 27 years, 7) Muhammad Ibrahim Abdul Aziz Sheikh alias June age 59 years, 8) Amna Qadeer Muhammad Ansari age 39 years, 9) Ayesha Saleem Sheikh age 40 years, 10) Santosh Ashok Sharke age 21 years, 11) Ghafran Ali Mumtaz Ali Khan age 35 years are included in their illegality. The police in joint action with BMC have bulldozed the houses and the houses in Apa Para, Palan Nagar, Banjari Para, Panpari Para, Adivasi Popat Compound, Ambedkar Nagar, Matanggarh, Lilubhai Compound, Jaiswar Nagar, Jamroshi Nagar, within the limits of the police station. Cases are registered against them under NDPS law from time to time in Karar Police Station. To completely eradicate the drug trade by taking action on the illegal houses of the said drug dealers, on 7th September from 10:00 AM to 16:00 PM, Karar Police Station and the Forest Department jointly demolished 11 illegal houses. Under the guidance of Shuling Rajmane, North Zone 3, Mumbai and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sumita Nagar Division, Mumbai, under the supervision of Senior Police Inspector Sushil Kumar Gaikwad of Karar Police Station, the demolition operation was carried out jointly with the police officers and staff of Karar Police Station and officers and employees of the Forest Department. This has restored the trust of the people towards the police.

Mumbai: On September 7, the Anti-Narcotics Squad, Bandra Unit, Police Team, on information received, laid a trap and arrested 01 person for carrying Mephedrone (MD) for sale in this public place in the arm of Manus Buna Apartment Bus Stop, opposite West 10 Construction, CD Barfiwala Road, Andheri West, Mumbai. Mohammad Zaheb Abdul Aziz Khan, aged 36, resident of Andheri West, Mumbai. 153.6 grams of MD (value Rs. 4,60,800/-) was seized from the said accused.

The said operation was carried out by the ANC team under the guidance of Devinta Bharti, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Anil Kanbhare, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Krishan Kant Upadhyay, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime), Purnima Chogle (Shrangi), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anti-Narcotics Squad, Crime Branch, Mumbai, and Sudhir Hirdekar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Anti-Narcotics Squad, Crime Branch, Mumbai.