Reddy said that Vijay Anand, director of DMRC in whose jurisdiction the accident took place, as well as the previous accident involving a launching girder collapse, has been sent back to the railways.

Two deputy chief engineers directly responsible for the design and site supervision,

V.P. Shrivastava and Mukesh Thakur, have been placed under suspension, Reddy informed the house.

Rajan Kataria, the chief engineer design, DMRC, will be issued with a major penalty chargesheet, he added.

The July 12 accident at a Metro construction site in Zamrudpur in south Delhi caused the death of six workers, including an engineer.