# Illegal floors, weak material caused Saket collapse: Delhi Police 2026-08-17T03:03:22+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet in a Saket court blaming the illegal addition of two floors, use of substandard material, and disregard for building norms for the May 30 building collapse in Saidulajab that killed six people. The chargesheet, filed on August 13, names building owner Karamvir Singh and builders Manish Khatri and Avinash Gupta. The Times of India reports that the chargesheet says no building plan was sanctioned and mandatory norms were flouted. Hindustan Times adds that the excavation of a basement for an underground water tank further weakened the structure. The concrete used has been sent for forensic examination. The three accused have been charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including sections for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and negligent construction. The police said supplementary chargesheets will be filed over alleged negligence by civic authorities. The next court hearing is on August 22. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Tags: Delhi Police, Karamvir Singh, Saket building collapse Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/illegal-floors-weak-material-caused-saket-collapse-delhi-police/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/illegal-floors-weak-material-caused-saket-collapse-delhi-police/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/