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From Uttar Pradesh to Chhattisgarh: The students killed in the Satya Niketan PG collapse

From Hindustan Times · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • At least seven people died after a boys’ paying guest building collapsed in Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, with rescue operations continuing into a second day.
  • The identified victims included university students from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
  • One victim’s family donated his corneas, while relatives and friends described the shock of losing students who had recently moved into or returned to the building.

At least seven people died when a boys’ paying guest building collapsed in South West Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, as search and rescue teams continued working at the site for a second straight day.

AIIMS Delhi identified five of the dead. They included Akshat Yadav, a second-year Bachelor of Commerce student at Delhi University’s PDGDAV College, who came from Katni in Madhya Pradesh. His family received his body after the postmortem.

Pawan Nath, a first-year Bachelor of Science student at Motilal Nehru College, came from Oraiya in Uttar Pradesh. Another Motilal Nehru College student, Abhishek Kumar, came from Varanasi. Their families also took the bodies after the postmortems.

My son had just returned from our hometown after the Rakshabandhan holidays. He had reached back to his PG yesterday morning, and the next time we saw is his dead body.

· Bhupendra JaiThe father of 18-year-old victim Arpit Jai described when his son returned to the accommodation before the collapse.

The family of 18-year-old Arpit Jai, from Dewas in Madhya Pradesh, also took his body. The family decided to donate his corneas. His father, Bhupendra Jai, said Arpit had returned to the accommodation after the Rakshabandhan holidays and had reached the PG only the previous morning. “My son had just returned from our hometown after the Rakshabandhan holidays. He had reached back to his PG yesterday morning, and the next time we saw is his dead body,” he said. He added that relatives had told the family about the poor condition of the building.

Friends identified another victim, Yuvraj Soni, a second-year Motilal Nehru College student from Chhattisgarh. His family had not yet reached AIIMS for final identification. His sister, Nishi Soni, said the family remained in shock. A friend said Soni had moved into the PG only a few days earlier while preparing to become a Chartered Accountant.

Teams from the NDRF, SDRF, DDMA and CATS worked through the night, pulling several people from the rubble. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta visited the site and said rescue operations were continuing on a war footing. Authorities also detained the hostel owner in Rajasthan, according to the report.

Everyone is telling us how bad the condition of the PG was. I wish my son had told me before. I would have never let him stay there.

· Bhupendra JaiJai criticized the reported condition of the paying guest building after his son’s death.
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Originally published by Hindustan Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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