India, Feb. 19 -- A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail pleas of two directors of a private firm allegedly linked to a fatal excavation accident in west Delhi's Janakpuri earlier this month.

The order was passed by additional sessions judge Harleen Kaur of the Dwarka Court on applications filed by Himanshu and Kavish Gupta.

The court also rejected the regular bail plea of Rajesh Kumar Prajapati, a sub-contractor engaged for the project, who had challenged a magistrate's earlier decision denying him bail.

Detailed copies of the three orders were not available at the time of going to press.

The matter pertains to the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani, who fell into a 4.5-metre-deep pit around midnight on February 6 ...