Overview

• Virendra was driving his ailing mother to Gangoh around 1 a.m. near Jukhedi in Saharanpur when the car dropped into the deep roadside pit.
• Nearby residents pulled the family from the vehicle without serious injuries, and the mother was taken to a hospital for treatment.
• Locals say the hole was dug for boring work by a municipal contractor and was left unmarked on a poorly lit stretch of road.
• A crane and a bulldozer lifted the car out of the water-filled pit the following morning, videos from the scene show.
• Villagers demanded strict action against the contractor, with local posts indicating the victim submitted a police complaint.