Mumbai, July 3 -- Police have registered a case against a contractor and workers engaged in drainage repair work after a 55-year-old man died after falling into an open manhole in Mumbai's Sakinaka area, officials said on Friday.

The incident occurred on Khairani Road under the jurisdiction of Sakinaka Police Station, where repair work on a drainage line was being carried out. The deceased was identified as Aslam Isak Shaikh, a resident of Yadav Nagar in Sakinaka. Police said further investigation is underway, police said.

Speaking to ANI, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Sana Malik questioned civic preparedness and alleged lapses in monsoon planning and execution of roadwork in the city.

"Meetings regarding monsoon preparations in...