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CJP makes seven demands after Satya Niketan tragedy: Probe the PG mafia and build government hostels

From Hindustan Times · () English

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At a glance

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  • At least seven people, most of them Delhi University students, died and several others were injured when a multi-storey paying-guest building collapsed in Satya Niketan, Delhi.
  • The Cockroach Janta Party demanded an independent criminal investigation, structural audits, compensation for victims and public records on building safety.
  • The PG owner, his wife and son were arrested, while the Delhi High Court ordered a high-level Municipal Corporation of Delhi inquiry.

The Cockroach Janta Party has demanded an investigation into what it calls the “larger PG mafia” after a boys’ paying-guest building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, killing at least seven people, most of them Delhi University students.

In a list released on Monday, one day after the collapse, CJP spokesperson Saurav Das called for an independent criminal investigation into the building owner and the alleged links between the owner, politicians and others. “The larger PG Mafia needs to be investigated,” Das wrote in a post on X. The owner, his wife and son were arrested on Monday.

The larger PG Mafia needs to be investigated.

· Saurav DasThe CJP spokesperson called for a broader investigation after the Satya Niketan collapse.

The group also urged the government to compensate the families of those who died, offering up to ₹1 crore per family, and to pay ₹20 lakh to each injured person. It called for ministerial accountability and asked the authorities to rehabilitate students displaced by the collapse.

Publish all its records, including its enforcement reports, including of Satya Niketan surveys, WITHIN 48 HOURS.

· Saurav DasDas demanded the release of records from district committees formed after the Malviya Nagar hotel fire.

CJP demanded engineering-grade structural audits of schools, colleges and student accommodation within a fixed timeframe. It also called for illegal buildings to be sealed, owners to be penalised and a searchable public database showing whether each student establishment is authorised and safe. The group further urged the construction of government hostels for Delhi University and other students.

Das also demanded that the government publish within 48 hours all records from 13 district committees formed after the June 3, 2026 Malviya Nagar hotel fire. He alleged that the committees had become defunct within three months and asked for full transparency about their work, including surveys and enforcement reports from Satya Niketan. Separately, the Delhi High Court directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to conduct a high-level inquiry.

Why were the 13 district committees’ work wound down under him?

· Saurav DasDas questioned Delhi minister Ashish Sood over the committees’ work.
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