2 Died After Inhaling Toxic Gases In Delhi

They inhaled the toxic fumes in the Sewage tank!

New Delhi: On Friday, A sweeper and a security guard died in Outer Delhi's Mundka area after they inhaled toxic gases inside a sewer. They both had gone down inside to clean the sewer, police said.

Police got a Phone call at 3.43 pm informing them that a man had fallen unconscious inside a sewer in Pocket-D of Lok Nayak Puram, Bakkarwala, they said.

They reached the spot, Highway Apartment, and found two men lying unconscious in a sewer, a senior police officer said.

They were identified as Rohit Chandiliya, 32, a resident of JJ Colony Bakkarwala, and Ashok, 30, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana, police said.

Mr. Chandiliya was working as a private sweeper in the colony and Ashok as security guard in DDA flats, police added.

There was a complaint of sewer blockage in the society and Mr. Chandilya was the first one to go deep down into the sewer.

But the moment the toxic fumes went inside his body, he fell unconscious and fell down, said a police officer.

To rescue him, Ashok too went inside and he also fell unconscious due to poisonous gas.

Two other people tried to rescue them both, but they aborted the attempt after feeling dizzy due to the poisonous gases.

Residents of the society tried to pull the two men out of the sewer, but Mr. Chandilya and Ashok were too deep inside, the officer said.

Police and fire brigade broke the ground around the manhole and pulled the two men out. They were taken to nearby Rathi Hospital where they both were declared "dead", Police said.

Their bodies have been kept at SGM mortuary.

A case under section 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC is being registered, police later added.