‘Fabricated inspection records to mislead investigators’: South Delhi building collapse report flags MCD lapses
The incident exposed multiple violations, with the most blatant one being the illegal expansion of the building, police found. Constructed 13 years ago, its third- and fourth-floors were newly constructed, according to a June MCD report. The hospital, however, denied that the patient was ever brought there.
- ▪The incident exposed multiple violations, with the most blatant one being the illegal expansion of the building, police found.
- ▪Constructed 13 years ago, its third- and fourth-floors were newly constructed, according to a June MCD report.
- ▪The hospital, however, denied that the patient was ever brought there.
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‘Fabricated inspection records to mislead investigators’: South Delhi building collapse report flags MCD lapsesThe 80-page inquiry report into the accident — where a four-storey building collapsed on May 30 – concluded that the disaster was preventable.Updated on: Jul 28, 2026, 06:47:35 ISTBy Saloni BhatiaPrefer HTon GoogleShare viaCopy link Officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi didn’t monitor or crack down on illegal construction, sat on multiple complaints, failed to enforce norms and later fabricated retrospective inspection records to mislead investigators, a magisterial inquiry into the collapse of an unauthorised building in south Delhi’s Saidulajab in May has found.The Saidulajab site where a building collapsed in May this year that killed 6.
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