Techie’s death: Noida Authority CEO removed, UP CM orders SIT probe

“The team has been asked to conduct a detailed investigation and submit its report to the chief minister within five days,” according to an official statement.

What happened on Saturday?

Mehta, a Noida-based techie employed by a Gurgaon-based private company, was returning home when his car plunged into the drain, which allegedly had a damaged boundary wall. He screamed for help for around two hours while standing atop his partially submerged car as policemen allegedly kept watching. The incident happened around 12.30 am.

In the police complaint, Yuvraj’s father Raj Mehta has said, “The visibility was extremely low due to fog, and the boundary wall near the drain was already broken.”

After falling in the drain, the victim managed to get out of the car and climbed onto its roof, from where he called his father, Yuvraj’s friend Pankaj Tokas said.

A passerby, who reportedly entered the drain around 1.45 am to search for the techie, blamed the administration for his death. “The administration is responsible for the death. He kept pleading for help. But these officials kept saying that the water was cold and maybe there were iron rods in the water and none of them jumped to save him,” Moninder told The Indian Express.