NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested the main contractor in connection with the death of 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani, who died after falling into a pit in west Delhi’s Janakpuri area.The accused has been identified as Himanshu Gupta. Deputy commissioner of police (West) Darade Sharad Bhaskar said Gupta was arrested from Udaipur in Rajasthan, where he had been hiding.Dhyani was returning home from his office when he fell into a pit that had been dug just a few hours earlier. Although he is believed to have fallen around midnight on February 6, his body was discovered only around 8 am after a passerby alerted the police control room.Police found Dhyani and his motorcycle inside the pit. Police said the incident occurred due to negligence, including the failure to cover the pit on the main road, provide adequate safety measures during excavation, install warning signs or reflectors, and ensure proper lighting.“The inspection clearly indicates that the contractors were aware that leaving open pits on the road without safety measures could result in someone falling and potentially dying,” police said.According to the family, Kamal regularly used the same route to commute to work and was familiar with the area. On the day of the incident, he had crossed the stretch safely in the morning. “In the evening, he had no idea that a pit had been dug there. There were no warnings or proper barricades,” his father said.Police had initially registered a case under sections related to culpable homicide. Later, they added charges of criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and common intention.A source said that despite being aware of the incident, the suspects allegedly failed to inform the police and instead conspired to conceal the matter.Two people had earlier been arrested in the case.A senior police officer said that following the incident, one of the accused, Rajesh Kumar Prajapati, allegedly instructed a labourer, Yogesh, to cover the site with a green sheet and place barricades near the accident spot, an act investigators say amounts to tampering with evidence.
