India, Feb. 7 -- A 25-year-old bank telecaller died in west Delhi's Janakpuri in the early hours of Friday after allegedly falling into an at least 4.5-metre deep, uncovered and unsecured pit dug by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on a poorly lit road, underlining serious administrative apathy and a disturbing flouting of norms by authorities.

Kamal Dhyani, who worked as an assistant manager at a call centre run by HDFC Bank,according to police, finished his shift and got on his TVS Apache motorcycle for the roughly 20-km commute back home to Kailashpuri in Palam Colony. At 11.53 pm, he called his twin brother Karan, saying he was only 15 minutes away and shared his location.

That was not to be.

Around 8am on Friday, local residents saw Dhya...