Overview
- A three-member Special Investigation Team led by the ADG (Meerut) began work with a site visit and is due to submit its report within five days.
- Police arrested the CEO/director of MZ Wiztown Planners in connection with Yuvraj Mehta’s death, and an FIR names MZ Wiztown and Lotus Greens under BNS sections for culpable homicide, negligence and endangering life.
- Delivery agent Moninder Singh, who tried to help at the scene, says officers coerced him to film a pro-police video and to stay away from the media, claims to which police have not publicly responded.
- Documents show a 2022 builder letter warned Noida Authority about collapsed drains and severe waterlogging at the site, while satellite imagery indicates a growing water body since late 2021 and a prior truck mishap there.
- The Uttar Pradesh government removed the Noida Authority CEO and dismissed a junior engineer, as NDRF recovered the car and questions over rescue delays and safety measures intensified.