India, July 12 -- New Delhi

A 24-year-old labourer died and two others were injured when a side wall of a dilapidated house in south Delhi's Jasola that they were demolishing collapsed during the process on Friday afternoon, trapping the workers under debris, police and fire department officials said.

Police registered a case under sections 280 (making atmosphere noxious to health), 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and apprehended the demolition contractor, Shamshuddin, from Jamia Nagar. The house owner, Khurshid, was absconding.

The premises were sealed by the local subdivisional magistrate, a senior police officer said. "We are investig...