Following the collapse of a four-storey commercial building near Saket metro station in South Delhi's Saidulajab, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi suspended two engineers on Sunday.Two engineers have been suspended by the MCD in connection with the collapse of a four-storey commercial building near Saket metro station in Delhi on Saturday (May 30) evening (Ishant Kumar/HT)Aman Jain and Audesh Singh Chouhan have been “placed under suspension with immediate effect, on the ground of non-exercising of effective supervision and slackness on his part, in the matter of collapse of Property - identified with Kh.No.262, Gali No. 5, Western Marg, Said-ul-Azaib, New Delhi on 30.05.2026,” said a notice issued and signed by the Deputy Commissioner, South Zone, Green Park on Sunday (May 31).Aman was a junior engineer, while Chouhan was an assistant engineer for Building Department-II-South Zone.Also Read I Delhi building collapse caught on camera: 6 dead, 10 injured so far in incident near Saket metro stationDeath toll increases to sixAt least six people were killed in the building collapse, and 10 were injured. The incident, which occurred on Saturday night, prompted a rescue operation to extract survivors from the debris. As of Sunday evening, search and rescue operations continue in the hope of rescuing more people.Those pulled out of the debris were rushed to the AIIMS trauma centre for treatment.Also Read I ‘All we could hear were screams’: Witnesses recall building collapse horror in Delhi's SaidulajabThe DFS received a call regarding the collapse at 7:44pm on Saturday. As reported by HT earlier, the building was located in a densely populated locality on Western Marg in Saidulajab, known for various paying guest accommodations, coaching centres and student messes.The rescue operation is a multi-agency one and is being carried out by teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Delhi Police, Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Civil Defence and CATS Ambulance Service.As per the police, rescue operations are expected to continue until every last missing person is accounted for. The cause of the collapse remains undetermined so far.Also Read I Delhi CM Rekha Gupta visits building collapse site in Saket, affirms ‘action against unauthorised' structures
Saket building collapse: MCD takes action after six killed; 2 engineers suspended
A four-storey commercial buidling collapsed near Saket metro station in Delhi on Saturday (May 30) evening | India News
Delhi's MCD suspended two engineers after a four-storey building collapsed near Saket metro on May 30, killing 6, injuring 10. The move cites supervisory failure and signals direct administrative liability for field engineers on construction compliance in India.














