New Delhi, May 30 -- Nine people have so far been rescued hours after a five-storey building collapsed in South Delhi's Mehrauli police station area, with six people feared to be trapped as a rescue operation is underway, officials said on Saturday night.

Speaking with the media, South Delhi DCP Anant Mittal said that police reached the spot immediately after receiving the information.

He informed that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Fire Services, and the Delhi police are engaged in the joint rescue operation.

"A building has collapsed, and right after that, we got a call regarding this. Immediately, maximum staff from the Mehrauli Police Station arrived at the spot, and it w...