Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge Harleen Kaur dismissed anticipatory bail pleas by contractors Himanshu Gupta and Kavish Gupta and rejected sub-contractor Rajesh Kumar Prajapati’s regular bail.
- The court noted risks of witness influence or evidence tampering and said the investigation remains at a nascent stage.
- Delhi Police have arrested Prajapati and a labourer, Yogesh, who are in judicial custody after warrants were issued for the contractors on February 9.
- Investigators seized CCTV footage that they say shows Yogesh placing barricades and nets around the unguarded pit as authorities were not promptly informed.
- The case concerns the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani, who fell into a 4.5-metre-deep sewer excavation on the night of February 5–6 and was trapped for nearly eight hours, with three Delhi Jal Board officials now suspended.