New Delhi, March 10 || The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested the main contractor hired by the Delhi Jal Board, Himanshu Gupta, in connection with the Janakpuri pit death incident following a relentless manhunt. A team of the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) of the West District apprehended Gupta from Udaipur in Rajasthan, early in the morning, from where he had been hiding. Police officials said he is currently being brought to Delhi for further investigation.
The arrest comes amid an ongoing probe into the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani, who fell into an unsecured excavation pit of the Delhi Jal Board along with his motorbike in West Delhi’s Janakpuri earlier this year.
Earlier, on February 28, a Delhi court dismissed the bail plea of labourer Yogesh, who has been charged in the case. The court observed that the accused attempted to conceal the site rather than make efforts to save the victim.