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Delhi Court Grants Two-Day Police Custody in Satya Niketan Collapse

Delhi Court Grants Two-Day Police Custody in Satya Niketan Collapse

The Hindu2h
THE BRIEF
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A Delhi court remanded the building owner's son, a PG operator, and a contractor to two days of police custody following the September 6, 2026, collapse that killed seven people.

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The accused, Mahesh Gupta, Sudhanshu, and Sanoj, were produced before Judicial Magistrate Kautuk Bharadwaj after police sought three days of interrogation regarding the five-storey structure's failure.

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The building owner, Hariram, and his wife Urmila were previously sent to 14 days of judicial custody on September 7, while investigators probe illegal additional floor construction for rental income.