India, Feb. 11 -- A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to the two directors of a private company hired by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to dig the sewer pit in west Delhi's Janakpuri, in which a 25-year-old man died after falling into it along with his motorcycle on Friday.

The order was passed by additional sessions judge Harleen Singh of the Dwarka courts on anticipatory bail applications filed by the accused, Himanshu Gupta and his brother Kavish Gupta. While directing the Delhi Police to not take any coercive action against the two till February 18, the next date of hearing, the court made the protection conditional on their cooperation with the investigation.

The judge directed both accused to join the probe ...