2 workers dead while laying sewer line in Noida
Noida, May 3: Two contractual workers died early on Friday after they apparently got stuck underground while laying a sewer line here, officials said.
The workers, both in their twenties, were laying the pipes late on Thursday night at Salarpur area, about 12 feet down from the ground level, when water from a nearby drain started entering their pit through a crack, an official said.
The two workers, engaged by the Noida Authority via a contractor, had got stuck and could not come up while the polluted water kept filling the pit, the official said.
Police and the fire department were alerted, and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was also called in, the officials said.
The bodies of the deceased, Amit and Salman, were retrieved after a nearly four-hour rescue operation by the deep-diving team of the NDRF, an official said.
"We reached the spot at 3.15 am and began the operation at 3.20 am. The first body was recovered at 6.25 am and the second at 7.20 am," Jeetender Yadav, who led the nine-member NDRF team, told PTI.
An FIR has been registered at the Sector 39 police station and the contractor, who was handling the project, has been booked for causing death due to negligence, a police officer said.
No one has been arrested yet and a probe is underway, the officer said.
A contractual junior engineer has been dismissed over the incident, said Rajesh Kumar Singh, the Noida Authority's officer on special duty.
The authority has also blacklisted the contractor to prevent him from undertaking any future projects with it, Singh added.
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Delhi: Father, son held for killing 19-year-old woman in suspected honour killing
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a man and his son for allegedly murdering his 19-year-old daughter in west Delhi's Hari Nagar area, an official said on Friday.
The case first came to light on April 1 after a PCR call was received around 2 pm, alleging that a woman had been killed by her family members and her body was being taken for last rites, he said.
The accused, identified as Mohammad Maneer (55), a vegetable vendor, and his son Meraj Ali (19), were arrested in connection with the case, the officer said.
The victim had been in a relationship with a man from her native place for the past two years, which was opposed by her father, Maneer and brother Meraj, he said.
"When the girl did not end the relationship despite objections, the family killed her," the officer said.
On April 1, the police said that when their team reached the spot, they found that the woman's body was being taken for burial.
Acting on the input, the burial process was stopped over suspicion of honour killing.
"Police intercepted the family members and took possession of the body," he said.
Police said that the man who had made the PCR told them that the woman was in love with his cousin.
During the inquiry, police also interacted with the PCR caller, who said his cousin, a friend of the deceased, had informed him about the situation and suspected foul play, prompting him to alert the police control room.
The body of the woman was subsequently shifted to the mortuary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for preservation and postmortem.
Police said that both the crime team and the forensic science laboratory (FSL) team were called to inspect the scene and collect evidence.
Police said that, as per the postmortem report, the cause of death was identified as smothering, indicating that the woman was suffocated.
A preliminary inquiry also revealed that the family had initiated preparations for the last rites soon after the woman's death, raising suspicion about the circumstances.
Initial investigation pointed to the family's opposition to the woman's relationship.
"The family members of the woman saw her with the man, and she was taken back home. We got to know that she was beaten up and even locked inside the house for some days," a source said.
Further investigation into the matter is underway, police added.
