Gurugram Police on Friday registered a case of negligence against the builder of Chintels Paradiso housing complex in Gurugram’s Sector 109, where a portion of the roof of an apartment collapsed on Thursday evening.
A case has been registered against builder Ashok Solaman and others under Sections 304a and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The complaint was filed by the husband of one of the deceased, identified as Ekta Bhardwaj (31), who was staying on the second floor of Tower D.
In the FIR, the deceased’s husband said the incident allegedly occurred due to negligent and sub-standard construction work done by the Chintels group and the contractor of construction.
A portion of the roof of the sixth floor of ‘D tower of Chintels Paradiso’ housing complex in Gurugram’s Sector 109 had collapsed on Thursday.
Gurugram District Collector (DC) Nishant Yadav on Friday said that a total of three people were trapped under the debris of the housing complex where a portion of the roof of an apartment collapsed yesterday.
Talking with ANI, he said, “A total of three people were trapped out of which body of a woman was recovered yesterday. Today we’ve rescued one more person and he is fine and admitted to the hospital. We’re looking for the third person; we suspect that she’ll not survive.” He further informed that the committee constituted to investigate the incident has been asked to submit its report within a week.
“We inquired about the incident from the local authorities. For detailed investigation, we have constituted a committee which will be headed by the Additional District Magistrate of Gurugram and asked him to submit the report within a week’s time,” Yadav said.
Meanwhile, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said that an FIR has been registered in the case. “ Two DSPs (Deputy Superintendent of Police) will investigate the matter. Will not spare the culprit,” he said.
“On Thursday evening, I received a call from my son informing me that the ceiling of some floors of the tower had collapsed, and, in the incident, my wife suffered injuries and passed away around 7 pm. I came home from office and saw the ceiling of the 6th and 7th floors had collapsed. Rescue and police teams were working on the spot and after removal of debris, my wife’s body was recovered and taken to the hospital,” said Rajesh Bhardwaj, whose wife passed away because of the the incident.
“There could be more fatalities and injuries to other flat residents of D-tower,” he added.