A day after seven persons died due to a wall collapse in south-east Delhi’s Jaitpur, police on Sunday arrested a 49-year-old man for “illegally” accommodating severak people there. However, a search is still ongoing for the owner of the plot, who is at large, police said.

The Police have filed a case against the tenant, identified as Kurshid, under sections 106 (death by negligence), 125 (acts that endanger the safety of people), and 290 (negligent conduct in connection with the construction of buildings) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

“We arrested tenant Kurshid, 49, a resident of Radhakantapur village in West Bengal’s Nadia district. He had accommodated the families on the premises for scrap-related work,” said a police officer.

The structure stood on a plot used for dumping scrap and was not meant for residential use, police added.