In the greed to dig up gold from the sewerage, one man died and another got critically injured after falling inside the sewer pipeline of Central Delhi's Karol Bagh area in the wee hours of Thursday.
The 21-year-old deceased person has been identified as Punnu. "The incident occurred around 3:15 am when two persons entered the sewerage hoping to find gold in the pipeline as the area houses many jewellery manufacturing units. In an attempt to find gold, both of them fell in the sewer," said a police official.
The incident occurred in lane 28 of Bedapur area at Karol Bagh. In the process they both fell in the sewer. Punnu was declared brought dead at the hospital, while his friend lallan (23) is undergoing treatment at lady Hardinge Hospital.
The local residents had informed the police and they were immediately pulled out. "Cause of death will be ascertained once the post-mortem is done," said a police official.