Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the death of a Noida techie after his car fell into a pit at a construction site. The SIT will give a report in five days, sources said.
The SIT’s announcement comes after the Noida Authority sacked a junior engineer and issued notices to other officials responsible for traffic-related works in the area, where the car missed a turn in low visibility and drove into the water-filled pit.
Software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, a resident of Noida’s Tata Eureka Park society, was almost home when the accident happened on Saturday.
The junior engineer who was responsible for the Noida traffic cell, Naveen Kumar, has been suspended.
There have been allegations of negligence and delay in launching rescue efforts to save the techie, who had climbed out of the car and had been waiting for a long time to be picked up safely.
“It’s a sad incident. We are with the grieving family. We tried every possible way and put all efforts to save his life. SDRF was also on site, but visibility was zero,” Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Rajeev Narayan Mishra said, adding the authorities made all possible attempts to save Mehta.
An eyewitness, a delivery rider, alleged that rescue efforts were delayed and suggested that Mehta could have survived if action had been taken more promptly. Residents have launched protests, alleging inadequate barricading and a lack of reflectors at the accident-prone site.
The police have filed a first information report against two real estate developers on a complaint by the techie’s family, while denying negligence in the rescue operation. Following the protests, the Noida Authority has installed barricades at the spot.