Overview
- The men collapsed inside a manhole near Ambedkar Chowk in Firozepur Jhirka after inhaling toxic gas during a Public Health Engineering Department cleanup.
- Rescuers broke open the sewer with an earthmover and pulled out three workers, and one survivor remains in critical care at the Mandi Khera civil hospital.
- City Firozpur Jhirka police registered a death-by-negligence case based on a family complaint.
- Investigators are searching for the PHED contractor, who police say has been absconding since the incident.
- Families allege the men were sent in without masks, oxygen or harnesses, and PHED says safety gear is available and has sought a report on why it was not used.