Man falls in 40-foot-deep borewell in west Delhi, pulled out dead
9 months, 1 week ago

Man falls in 40-foot-deep borewell in west Delhi, pulled out dead

Hindustan Times  

A man was found dead at the bottom of an abandoned 40-foot deep borewell inside a locked room at a Delhi Jal Board water treatment plant at Keshopur in west Delhi in the early hours of Sunday, police officers aware of the matter said, adding that the body was pulled out after a nearly 14-hour-long operation. It was also not immediately clear why or how he entered the water treatment plant or the locked room, officers said, adding that the sequence of events leading to the man being discovered in the borewell will be ascertained once his identity is established. Deputy commissioner of police Vichitra Veer said that the police control room received a call around 1am about a person falling inside a borewell in Keshopur, following which, police teams were rushed to the spot. Read here: Delhi Jal Board to start drive to seal illegal borewells Pushpa Devi, aged 75, said the man could be her grandson, who was allegedly missing since Friday.

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