NEW DELHI, Feb. 27 -- Delhi Police on Thursday informed a city court they suspect that the persons accused of causing the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani, who fell into an unsecured excavation pit in west Delhi's Janakpuri, would have filled the pit with the victim's body inside to cover up the incident had they possessed construction machinery at the time.

The submission was made before judicial magistrate Harjot Singh Aujla at the Dwarka courts in response to a bail plea filed by labourer Yogesh, one of the accused in the case. The court has reserved its order on the bail application for Friday.

The police response, seen by HT, stated, "There is strong apprehension that the accused (Yogesh) along with co-accused could have backfille...