New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- At least one person was killed and several others were critically injured after a five-storey building used as a boys' paying guest accommodation collapsed in the Satya Niketan area of south-west Delhi on Sunday afternoon, triggering a large-scale rescue operation.
The injured were rushed to the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre at AIIMS. The hospital said four people from the collapse site had been brought to the trauma centre, of whom two were in critical condition, one was a rescuer who was subsequently discharged, and one was brought dead.
Officials said several people were feared trapped beneath the debris. While eyewitnesses and local residents put the possible number of people trapped at more than 15, aut...