New Delhi: A 38-year-old man died and three others were injued after allegedly inhaling toxic gas while removing the shutters of an under-construction septic tank in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla, police have said.
The incident happened on a plot in Qutub Vihar on Oct 21. The three others Vinod (22), Chander Shekar (35) and Surender Singh, (42) were admitted there. Based on the daily diary entries, medico-legal reports and inspection of the spot, a case under sections 290 and 106(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at Chhawla police station. In May 2025, a man died after entering a septic tank at a house in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar.
“Section 106(1) deals with causing death by negligence, while Section 290 relates to negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings, among other specified acts,” police said. The deceased, Madan Pandit, of Goyla Dairy in Chhawla, was taken to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead. Another person was injured while attempting to rescue him.
Police got information about the case through a PCR call from the hospital. A police team reached the hospital and collected the medico-legal report (MLR) of the deceased.