India, July 9 -- The toll from the collapse of twin four-storey buildings in Delhi's Rohini rose to three as two more bodies were pulled out of the debris in the early hours of Thursday. The buildings collapsed on Wednesday afternoon.

One person was rescued even as the search and rescue operations continued. The bodies of 62-year-old Ram Dua, father of the owner of one of the buildings, and Kafe alias Nurul, 24, a labourer, were recovered between 12.45am and 2.30am on Friday.

A third person declared dead at a hospital was identified as Ram,42, who worked as a two-wheeler mechanic. On Wednesday evening, another labourer, Mohammad Saddam, 32, was rescued.

Deputy police commissioner (Rohini) Shashank Jaiswal said the collapse was reported...