Satya Niketan Building Collapse: Delhi Court Sends Owner’s Son, PG Operator And Contractor To 2-Day Police Custody

Judicial Magistrate Kautuk Bharadwaj of Patiala House Court passed the order after the Delhi Police sought three-day custody of Mahesh Gupta, Sudhanshu and Sanoj, who have been arrested during the investigation into the incident.

Gupta, the son of building owner Hariram, was produced before the court after completing his earlier two-day police custody. Sudhanshu and Sanoj were produced before the court following their arrests on Tuesday.

The proceedings were conducted in-camera after counsel appearing for Sudhanshu submitted that a “media trial” was prejudicing the ongoing investigation. The Magistrate thereafter directed media personnel to leave the courtroom.

Sudhanshu is one of the two business partners operating the ‘Hostel Daze’ PG accommodation at the premises. According to the police, Mahesh had leased the property to Sudhanshu and his business partner Shubham Tyagi in August 2025, following which the duo began operating it as a paying guest accommodation.

Tyagi is currently absconding, according to the police.

Labour contractor Sanoj was arrested after being brought to Delhi from Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, as part of the investigation.

The police sought custody of the three accused for further investigation into the circumstances surrounding the building collapse.

Building owner and wife already in Judicial custody

On Monday, another Delhi court had sent 81-year-old Hariram, a retired Indian Air Force sergeant, and his 75-year-old wife Urmila to 14 days of judicial custody. Their 52-year-old son Mahesh, meanwhile, had been remanded to two days of police custody.

The building collapsed at around 1 PM on Sunday. The structure comprised a ground floor and four upper floors and housed several students and other residents.

The collapse resulted in the deaths of seven people, triggering a probe into alleged violations of building norms and safety requirements surrounding the premises.