A boundary wall collapsed due to heavy rain in Sundar Nagar in Delhi for the last few days killing a 32-year-old parking attendant and injuring a paan shop owner on Sunday.
According to a report by PTI, the police received information about the collapse of a boundary wall at Mathura Road in Sundar Nagar on Sunday.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Rajesh Deo reportedly said, "Our team reached the spot, hired a priate JCB excavator machine and started to remove the debris of the wall. Two people were rescued in an injured condition and sent to hospital."
Among the two was Rakesh Kumar Mishra(32). a resident of Purnia district in Bihar and Ashok Chand Misra (50), a resident of Mithapur. Mishra was declared brought dead by hospital authorities while Misra is currently undergoing treatment.
The DCP informed that a case under sections 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC has been registered and an investigation of the case is in progress.
Rakesh Kumar Mishra was working as a parking attendant in MCD parking, reportedly while Ashok runs a paan shop.
Delhi witnessed its highest rainfall (153 mm) in a single day in July since 1982 in the 24-hour period ending at 8:30 am on Sunday. The city received an additional 107 mm rainfall in the subsequent 24 hours, exacerbating the situation.
