A video has surfaced showing the final moments of a 27-year-old software engineer who died after his car plunged into an 80-foot-deep, water-filled abandoned construction pit near his Sector 62 apartment in Noida.
The footage shows Yuvraj Singh perched atop his partially submerged car inside a stormwater drain, repeatedly flashing his mobile phone’s torchlight for nearly two hours in an apparent attempt to signal for help. The SOS signals went unnoticed.
In a related development, police on Tuesday arrested two more builders — Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karnwal of Lotus Green — in connection with the case. A day earlier, an FIR had been registered against five builders, and Vish Town builder Abhay Kumar has already been sent to jail. Police said action against those responsible for negligence is ongoing.
The car involved in the incident was retrieved on Tuesday, four days after the accident, as investigators intensified their probe. The case has sparked widespread allegations of negligence, lack of safety measures around the abandoned site and delays in rescue efforts.
Yuvraj’s father alleged that timely and professional intervention could have saved his son’s life. “If expert divers had gone in, maybe my son would have been saved,” he told reporters. “Yuvraj kept crying for help as the car sank.”
Meanwhile, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government began its inquiry on Tuesday. The three-member panel, led by Additional Director General of Police (Meerut Zone) Bhanu Bhaskar, visited the accident site and held meetings with officials of the Noida Authority to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The SIT has been directed to submit its report within five days.
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