Rain toll: Noida man who fell in pit among 4 killed
NEW DELHI/GHAZIABAD/NOIDA, July 11 -- Four more rain-related deaths were recorded across Delhi-NCR on Friday, even as there was an intermittent pause in rainfall, taking the monsoon death toll to eight over the past two days. A 45-year-old man drowned in his flooded ground-floor residence in Delhi's Sundar Nagri, while two children drowned in open plots and pits in separate incidents in Ghaziabad, and a 27-year-old man fell into a three-to-four-foot pit in Noida's Sector 58.
According to details shared by the police, the incident in Delhi took place on Thursday evening, when the man was reportedly sleeping.
They identified the deceased as Dheeraj Rao, of Nagpur in Maharashtra, who worked at a wedding card printing factory in Shahdara.
Rao's brother, Rahul, 40, who lives on the first floor of the same building, said his brother had called him around 3pm on Thursday. "He called me and asked me to help pump out the water. I told him I would come by 7pm," he said.
According to Rahul, Rao reportedly slept on a charpoy inside the flooded house, later fell off it during his sleep and drowned. "He was alone inside the house, so we can only assume what may have happened," he said.
He said that his brother was reportedly drunk and had told his relatives he was going home to sleep.
Police said legal proceedings have been initiated.
The deaths in Ghaziabad were reported from Masuri and Ankur Vihar localities, which were severely inundated following spells of heavy rainfall of 134mm-164mm on Wednesday.
A five-year-old boy drowned in a water-filled plot while playing with his friends at 12.45pm on Thursday, officials said....
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