Following the death of two workers after they fell into a six-foot-deep pit while working at a sewage treatment plant in east Delhi's Kondli area, the Delhi Police has registered an First Information Report and also apprehended three people in this regard.
Police said that they have apprehended K P Tewari, who is plant incharge, Raj Kumar, supervisor and Mohammad Haroon, shift incharge of the sewerage treatment plant.
The deceased have been identified as Nitesh (25) and Yashdev (35), both natives of Uttar Pradesh and the postmortem of the deceased is being conducted. According to Priyanka Kashyap, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, a case under sections 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 9 of Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act has been registered at New Ashok Nagar police station.
The police said after getting information about the incident, a team from New Ashok Nagar police station reached the spot."The team found that two men had fallen into a pit at the plant.
They were taken out with the help of fire department personnel and rushed to the hospital where they were declared brought dead,” the DCP had said.Fire department officials said the men had fallen into a six-foot-deep pit.