New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- A 32-year-old man died after falling into an open drain in Rohini Sector 32, near Mahashakti Kali Temple, in Begumpur area of Delhi's Rohini.

According to police, on Tuesday at 2:36 PM, a PCR call was received reporting a missing person suspected of falling into a sewer on vacant DDA land in Sector-32. Police rushed to the location, where the caller, Amir Hussain, stated that his friend, Birju Kumar Rai, had fallen into the manhole.

Another labourer, Budhan Das, also known as Suraj, told police that he and Birju had consumed alcohol on Monday night, and while returning to their place around 7:30 pm, Birju lost balance and fell into an open manhole. Das did not inform anyone at night as he was intoxicated, but later...