Civic worker falls into pit,dies

The fire brigade was also called in to pull the men out. Finally,with the help of a crane two workers were rescued,however,Muthur was trapped in the mud inside the pit and died of suffocation. The rescue operation lasted three hours,said the police.

Muthur’s body is presently at Bhagwati Hospital for a post mortem. The other two workers did not sustain any injuries in the accident.

“When the police reached the spot a large crowd had gathered there and this hampered our rescue efforts,” said an officer of Dindoshi police station.

“We tried to get the men out but there was little we could do till the fire brigade came. The two workers were not injured since they fell into soft mud. After rescuing them we started looking for Muthur’s body. Finally we had to call in a crane to pick out the slushy mud and then we found his body,” he added