India, May 7 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has granted sanction for the prosecution of three engineering officials in connection with the death of a 26-year-old man who drowned after falling into an under-construction stormwater drain on the Galleria Market road last year, officials aware of the matter said.

According to a senior GMDA official, permission has been granted for the prosecution of two junior engineers for alleged negligence on duty, while the services of a subdivisional engineer, who was employed on a contractual basis, have already been discontinued. The Gurugram Police, which has been investigating the death, had sought sanction from the GMDA to prosecute the officials.

To be sure, GMDA engine...