The death toll in the west Delhi building collapse rose to five on Sunday even as Delhi government ordered an inquiry into the tragedy and an FIR was lodged against unidentified persons.

According to police, Om Prakash (50) today succumbed to his injuries during treatment following the mishap last evening in the Vishnu Garden area of west Delhi. The three other deceased are all women while eight persons were also injured in the incident.

A young girl is “still suspected to be trapped under the debris” and rescue efforts are on at the site of the building collapse, said Joint Commissioner of Police (West Delhi Range), Dipendra Pathak.

Delhi government, which has ordered an inquiry into the incident, accused the BJP-led MCD of failing to ensure compliance with safety standards, charges which the civic body denied.

“People have told me there was construction going on and the entire building has collapsed on one side due to which four people have died and eight others were injured,” said Delhi PWD Minister Satyendera Jain.

“Whatever construction work was going on, MCD had full responsibility to stop it, which they should have done… The government has ordered an investigation, to be done by the DM of the area, and the report will be submitted within seven days,” he said, adding that “strict action will be taken against the culprits”.

Meanwhile, DCP (West Delhi), Pushpendra Kumar, said that an FIR “under Section 304 of IPC (causing death by negligence) has been registered against unknown persons in connection with the wall collapse”.

As AAP held the civic body responsible for the tragedy, the BJP-led SDMC refuted the allegations and claimed it was “seepage in the sewer line” that had “weakened” the foundation of the building, leading to its collapse.

Probe agencies have found a common link between money received by Firdous Ahmad Shah, a member of Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s hardline Hurriyat Conference, and financiers of 26/11.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which recently filed its first charge sheet in a money laundering case in the Kashmir Valley, has alleged that Shah, Chairman of Democratic Political Movement, received over Rs three crore between 2007 to 2010.

The money was received from ‘Madina Trading’ located in Brescia in Italy and sender was claimed to be Javed Iqbal, a resident of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK). However, after Italian police arrested two Pakistani nationals in 2009, it was alleged that the firm had made nearly 300 transfers in the name of Iqbal, who probably had never set his foot in Italy.

The Italian police, while concluding the probe had said the Brescia-based company had made several transfers using the identity of totally innocent, unsuspecting persons, whose identity cards or passports may have been stolen.

In the case of Iqbal, his identity may have been stolen when he used another money transfer agency in Pakistan.

The name of Madina trading had cropped up during the investigation of 26/11 Mumbai attacks when it was found that the second payment of 229 US dollars was wired to Callphonex via Western Union Money Transfer receipt number 8364307716-0 for activitating the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) used during the terror strikes.

The sender of this payment was Javed Iqbal and he had used Western Union Money Transfer agent Madina Trading to make the payment to Callphonex.

For identification, Iqbal provided Madina Trading with Pakistani passport number KC092481, the charge sheet said.

During the scrutiny of 300 entries of wire transfers, it was found that the money had been allegedly sent to Shah and his associate Yar Mohammed Khan in small amounts, the sources said.

The charge sheet, which has been filed in the court of Sessions Judge, Srinagar (Special Judge, Money Laundering), naming Shah and Khan, alleged that the two men received money from Italy through Western Union Money Transfer and it was used for unlawful activities relating to terror funding.

When contacted, Shah denied the allegation and said the matter was in the court and it will be decided there.

While ED claims Shah admitted to having received money through wire transfers, he himself denied it saying, “I don’t remember. There was some money that had come to Khan but I don’t remember as of now.”

Food safety watchdog FSSAI is planning to set new quality standards for ice-cream and flavoured milk besides tightening the existing safety norms for milk and other dairy products.

The proposal comes after ban on import of Chinese milk and milk products last month due to presence of melamine for one year till June, 2016, following a recommendation from FSSAI.

At present, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has norms for milk, paneer, ghee and butter, among others.

In the latest proposal, the regulator is working on setting more specific and stringent standards for fat content in milk.

“… There is need to further broaden the quality standards for milk and its products. We are working on that and it is likely that in next one month, will come up with draft of these standards,” a source said.

The source further said that the authority is working on comprehensive norms for milk and milk products which will now also include ice-cream and flavoured milk, among others.

At present, FSSAI has ceiling on presence of insecticides and metal contaminants in milk and milk products.

Last month, the regulator had imposed limits for melamine in domestic milk products.

Melamine is used in plastic and fertiliser industry.

The regulator has stepped surveillance on processed food items after the Maggi controversy. It is reviewing safety standards and holding several consultations with stakeholders to strengthen it.

It had also asked states to increase surveillance and act against entities selling contaminated packaged drinking water as well as adulterated milk and edible oils.

Earlier this year, in a meeting with state food safety commissioners, the FSSAI CEO had shared concerns raised by the Parliamentary Panel on Consumer Affairs regarding widespread incidences of milk adulteration.