On Monday, the Uttar Pradesh government had removed Noida Authority CEO M Lokesh over the incident. The deep pit where Mehta's car fell had been dug in Noida's Sector 150 for the construction of a basement area for a mall in 2021. After Mehta's death, police had registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Wishtown Planners and Lotus Greens, based on a complaint filed by his father. But Lotus Greens later claimed that they had sold the project in 2019-2020 to Wishtown Planners and the Grihapravesh Group with the approval of the Noida Authority. The police action comes a day after the UP government removed M Lokesh, a 2005-batch IAS officer, as Noida Authority CEO.

Source: dna January 20, 2026 10:25 UTC