Delhi: Three-year-old girl killed in roof collapse in Khajoori Khas

A three-year-old girl was killed after a portion of the roof of a single storey house she lived in with her family collapsed on her in north-east Delhi’s Khajoori

A three-year-old girl was killed after a portion of the roof of a single storey house she lived in with her family collapsed on her in north-east Delhi’s Khajoori Khas on Monday morning. Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot to rescue the injured girl from the debris, but despite their best efforts she could not be saved, fire officials said.

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The girl Manvi (single name) lived with her parents Vikas and Jyoti, and grandfather, Chaner Pal in their single storey home at E-block in Khajoori Khas. The grandfather works as an ambulance driver and owns the house that was constructed many years ago and needed repair work on the roof. The family had also planned to construct one more floor and had hired some labourers to store the construction material on the roof.

The workers were in the process of storing the construction material on the roof when it collapsed under the additional weight, said additional deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Devesh Kumar Mahala.

A police officer, who did not want to be named, said the roof collapsed on the girl who was inside the house. The other family members were outside the building at the time of the incident. The rescue teams and the locals took nearly half an hour to rescue the girl from the debris and rush her to the hospital, the officer said.

“She was trapped under the debris and was rescued by locals with the help of a team from the fire department and the police. The injured girl was rushed to Jag Pravesh Chandra hospital, where she died during treatment,” said the officer.

“Since the girl’s grandfather himself was carrying out the construction work and had not involved any contractor, we registered a case of death by negligence against him,” Mahala said.