The 60-year-old man drowned in a flooded underpass in Delhi's Okhla, which was submerged for over 24 hours, after heavy rains continued to lash parts of the city even on Saturday.
According to preliminary investigation, the incident happened when Digvijay rode his TVS Scooty into the flooded underpass.
The incident occurred near the Siraspur underpass near the metro, which was flooded with around 2.5 to 3 feet of water, officials said.
Police responded to a distress call about two boys drowning at around 2:25 pm today.
A man, in his late 20s, drowned at a flooded underpass in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area.
In separate incidents, an elderly man, a youth and four children have died in Delhi after drowning in water due to the incessant rainfall that has brought the capital city to a standstill, officials said.
The 60-year-old man drowned in a flooded underpass in Delhi's Okhla, which was submerged for over 24 hours, after heavy rains continued to lash parts of the city even on Saturday.
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The elderly man identified as Digvijay Kumar Chaudhary, a resident of Jaitpur in Delhi.
The issue came to light when Okhla Industrial area Police Station got a call on Friday at around 6.30 am, and they reached the spot. They took out the man, who was in an unconscious state. He was rushed to hospital. However, doctors declared him brought dead.
According to preliminary investigation, the incident happened when Digvijay rode his TVS Scooty into the flooded underpass.
In another incident, two boys drowned in the waterlogged section of an underpass in outer north Delhi's Samaypur Badli area on Saturday afternoon.
The incident occurred near the Siraspur underpass near the metro, which was flooded with around 2.5 to 3 feet of water, officials said.
Police responded to a distress call about two boys drowning at around 2:25 pm today. A team was quickly dispatched to the scene, and they conducted a search operation with assistance from the fire brigade. Later, their bodies were recovered.
Cops said that prima facie, it appeared to be a case of suspected drowning while the boys were taking a bath. Bodies of the two boys have been sent for postmortem.
Even on Friday, two boys, aged 8 and 10 years, drowned while they were playing in a rainwater-filled ditch in northeast Delhi, police said.
Cops said that the incident took place in a five-foot-deep ditch near Pusta No. 5 in the New Usmanpur area which got filled with water due to the rains.
After receiving information about the incident, a police team was rushed to the spot and rescued the boys, but they were declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
A man, in his late 20s, drowned at a flooded underpass in northwest Delhi's Shalimar Bagh area. According to police, the deceased was a part-time labourer at Azadpur Mandi, but he is yet to be identified.
Monsoon fury caused havoc on Friday as the city received its highest single-day rainfall for June in 88 years, flooding streets with water and leaving commuters stranded on roads..
Published By: Poorva Joshi Published On: Jun 29, 2024
