Overview

• Four contract workers collapsed inside a manhole near Harihar Apartments in Ashok Vihar Phase II around 11:30 pm on Tuesday, with bystanders pulling them out.
• Arvind, 40, from Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, was declared dead at hospital, while Sonu and Naresh remain in intensive care and Narayan was discharged after first aid.
• Delhi Police registered a case under BNS sections 106(1), 289 and 337 along with sections 7 and 9 of the 2013 law, and a crime team inspected the site.
• Brijgopal Construction Company was handling the work, its manager was called in by police, and survivors said no protective gear such as masks or oxygen was provided.
• Officials cited suspected poisonous gases inside the confined space and said autopsy and forensic findings will confirm the cause, as the case renews scrutiny of banned manual sewer entry.