New Delhi, July 30 -- A 70-year-old man allegedly died after he fell facedown into a 2.5-feet-deep partially open drain in Noida's Sector 66 on Wednesday afternoon, police said.

A video of the incident was widely circulating online. In it, the top half of the man can be seen partially submerged in what appears to be a broken section of a drain as some people attempt to rescue him. HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.

Police identified the victim as Rumal Singh who lived with his family in a a rented accommodation in Sector 66, Mamura.

Police received information about the incident around 4.30pm on Wednesday. "Upon receiving the information, we immediately rushed to the spot and found that the man's body had ...