India, Aug. 19 -- The Delhi Police have registered a case after six people were killed when the wall and roof of a dargah near Humayun's Tomb in Nizamuddin collapsed on Independence Day. The tragic incident occurred at Dargah Sharif Patte Shah around 3:30 pm on August 15.

According to officials, the dargah, which shares its boundary with the 16th-century Mughal monument commissioned by Emperor Humayun's wife Bega Begum in 1558, had two dilapidated rooms. Heavy rainfall caused the roof and a wall to give way while around 15 people had taken shelter inside.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Hemant Tiwari said that 12 people were rescued from the debris. Nine of them were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, where five succumbed to i...