A motorcyclist was found dead inside a massive pit at a road construction site in West Delhi’s Janakpuri area on Friday morning, triggering allegations of negligence from his family. The deceased was identified as Kamal, a resident of Kailashpuri.
According to the relatives of the man, he was returning home late on Thursday from his office in the Rohini area and had remained in touch with family members during the commute.
When he failed to reach home, they began searching for him, visiting several police stations through the night, including those in Janakpuri, Sagarpur, Vikas Puri and Rohini.
Family members said they received a call from the police around 7.30 am informing them about an accident.
When they reached the site, they found Kamal’s
body inside the pit along with his motorcycle.
#WATCH | Janakpuri, Delhi | A biker dies allegedly due to falling into a pit. Further details awaited. pic.twitter.com/7kja0wll1M
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They alleged negligence by the Delhi Jal Board, which was carrying out construction work at the location, and also raised the possibility of foul play, claiming someone might have killed Kamal and dumped his body in the manhole.
Police said all angles were being examined.
According to news agency PTI, authorities received a call around 7 am about the incident in Janakpuri, following which personnel rushed to the spot.
A senior officer told the agency that preliminary investigations indicated the pit was part of a Delhi Jal Board worksite and that it had been “properly barricaded.”
“We are investigating the matter to ascertain the exact sequence of events,” the officer was quoted as saying.
Saurabh Bharadwaj, Delhi unit chief of the Aam Aadmi Party, shared the pictures of the accident on his official X handle.
In his post, Bharadwaj wrote, “Shocking !!! An innocent biker fell into a deep pothole on the road, got stuck, lay there all night, and died.”
“The BJP government in Delhi has learned nothing from the Noida incident. They just keep lying every day,” he alleged.
The incident comes weeks after a similar case in Noida, where 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta died after his car fell into a waterlogged pit near a construction site.
The incident had happened in Sector 150 area during the intervening night of January 16 and 17.
In the recent case, authorities in Delhi said forensic teams and local officers were reconstructing the sequence of events in Kamal’s case, examining whether safety barricades were intact, checking nearby CCTV footage and recording statements from witnesses and family members.
Officials stressed that no conclusion would be drawn until the probe is completed.
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