India, Nov. 6 -- Delhi Police has arrested three contractors in connection with the collapse of an under-construction building in Old Delhi's Chawri Bazar that killed two people and injured two others on Thursday, officials aware of the matter said on Friday.

Police said the three men, who have been booked under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), were arrested from Sirohi village in Faridabad's Dauj tehsil.

Deputy commissioner of police (central) Rohit Rajbir Singh identified the accused as Siraj, Tajuddin and Furkan, all residents of the Ajmeri Gate area. Their full names were not immediately available.

The arrests come amid questions over how construction continued at the sit...