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Hours after the man fell into a 40-foot deep borewell inside the Delhi Jal Board sewage treatment plant near Keshopur Mandi, has died, Aam Aadmi Party said on Sunday.
The AAP leader, via X, said that the man was found dead by the rescue team after being pulled out following a nearly 14-hour-long operation.
“According to initial information, the deceased was a male aged around 30 years. Police will investigate how he entered the borewell room and how he fell into the borewell,” she said in the post.
The man is yet to be identified.
Water Minister Atishi on Sunday visited the Delhi Jal Board water treatment plant in Keshopur and said that action would be taken against the official who was responsible for this sewage treatment plant.
The minister was briefed about the rescue operation by the teams deployed at the spot.
“I have ordered all borewells in Delhi to be inspected in the next 48 hours and action will be taken against the official who was responsible for this STP (sewage treatment plant),” Atishi told PTI.
The Delhi Police said that the man’s body was taken out from the borewell at around 3 pm and efforts are on to identify him.
On Sunday at 1.15 am, the Jal Board employees informed the police that someone had come to their office for theft and fell in the borewell.
With agency inputs.
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Published: 10 Mar 2024, 07:35 PM IST
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