“The person was eventually pulled out of the water, but he was already dead by then,” said additional divisional fire officer Gulshan Kalra. The body of a 24-year-old auto driver was fished out from the waterlogged pedestrian underpass at Rajiv Chowk on Monday evening, with police officials suspecting he drowned. According to officials from the fire department, they received a call around 4.30 pm alerting them that somebody had drowned in the underpass. Teams from Bhim Nagar and Sector 29 were immediately rushed to the spot, who used an inflatable raft to search for the body inside the underpass. “Although there was no identification on his body, police personnel did find the keys of his vehicle in his pocket.

Source: Indian Express July 19, 2021 17:15 UTC