Tales of loss, courage and grief amid debris pile-up

Locals say they heard a loud noise when the building collapsed but couldn't see anything due to thick dust, only screams came out

- NITIN RAWAT @ New Delhi

A young woman displayed remarkable courage when she managed to rescue her parents from the debris of a collapsed building in Mustafabad early Saturday morning. Her family had been living there as tenants for over a decade. Tragically, she was unable to save her two brothers—one of whom was the family's sole breadwinner.

A relative of the house owner, Tahseen, said he had already suffered a devastating loss during the 2020 Delhi riots following the CAA-NRC protests. "His son Aas Mohammad had gone out for some work and never returned. On March 9, his decomposed body was recovered from the Gokulpuri drain," the relative said. In this latest tragedy, seven members of Tahseen's family lost their lives.