A 27-year-old software engineer died after his car went out of control and fell into a 20-feet-deep water-filled pit that was dug for the basement of an under-construction building in Sector 150 of Greater Noida, police said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENTPolice at the Knowledge Park police station said they received information at around 12.15 am that a car had plunged into a pit near Sector 150. The body was recovered at around 4 am on Saturday," Additional Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Hemant Upadhyay told PTI. The techie even called his father, Rajkumar Mehta, and told him, "Dad, I've fallen into a deep pit filled with water. "Residents had requested the Noida Authority to install barricades and reflectors, but no action was taken," a protester alleged.

Source: The Telegraph January 18, 2026 10:25 UTC