MEERUT, July 12 -- A 40-year-old dairy worker and his horse drowned after a horse-drawn cart sank in a waterlogged railway underpass near Bajaut village in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Saturday, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred when Rakesh Saini, a resident of Khatta Road in Brahmpuri area, was travelling to collect animal fodder. He worked at a local dairy.

According to police, the railway underpass on the Bijlibamba Road-Bajaut route was inundated with seven to eight feet of rainwater following heavy rainfall. A railway gangman stationed at the spot reportedly warned Saini not to enter the flooded underpass. However, police said he ignored the warning and drove the horse-drawn cart into the accumulated rainwater.

As ...