23-year-old student drowns in waterlogged pit in Noida’s Sector 94, three rescued

Khan further said that the victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination and his family has been informed. “We are trying to ascertain what exactly happened and what led to the drowning,” the DCP said.
Officers said they are probing the nature and depth of the waterlogged pit and the circumstances surrounding the incident.

One of the four locals who fished out the student’s body from the pit told The Indian Express that he entered it on police’s instructions. He first got hold of the victim’s leg, which was entangled in bushes inside the pit, which they estimated was deeper than a man’s height.

A police official gave him a rope inside the pit, and he managed to pull the body out, he said, adding that the operation took multiple attempts over an hour and a half.

The locals said the four students had drunk liquor before one of them, the deceased, entered the water to bathe. After the student began drowning, the others cried for help and the locals searched for him but in vain. Then one of the locals alerted police, who they said arrived in 10 minutes.

Another local said the students arrived at the spot around 4 pm. “They said they had their last exam today and it went well,” he said.

The local said the pit had been filled with water for around eight to 10 years and that animals had drowned in it before. There are no barricades or security guards to warn people against going near the pit, he added.

This is the second such case reported in Noida this year. In January, a 27-year-old Noida-based tech professional had drowned in a waterlogged pit in Sector 150 while he was on way home.