Noida techie death: Developer accused of negligence arrested

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Barricades astatine  the drain astatine  the Sector-150 intersection, wherever  a car   fell successful  aft  it broke done  the bound  wall, resulting successful  the decease  of Yuvraj, property  27, nonmigratory  of Sector-150, Noida, successful  Noida connected  January 19, 2026.

Barricades astatine the drain astatine the Sector-150 intersection, wherever a car fell successful aft it broke done the bound wall, resulting successful the decease of Yuvraj, property 27, nonmigratory of Sector-150, Noida, successful Noida connected January 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI

Police connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) arrested a existent property developer successful transportation with the death of a 27-year-old bundle engineer, whose car had plunged into a water-filled pit astatine a operation tract successful Noida's Sector 150, officials said.

"Abhay Kumar, an authoritative of MZ Wiztown Planners and 1 of the accused successful the case, has been arrested," Additional Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Hemant Upadhyay said.

Yuvraj Mehta was killed successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday (January 17, 2026) aft his car skidded successful dense fog, broke a drain bound and fell into a deep, waterlogged pit, dug for the basement of an under-construction commercialized analyzable adjacent a drain.

The constabulary person filed an FIR against 2 existent property developers — MZ Wiztown Planners and Lotus Greens — connected a ailment by the victim's father, Raj Kumar Mehta, who alleged negligence by section authorities and sought accountability.

While Mr. Kumar of Wiztown Planners has been arrested, determination was nary authoritative update arsenic of Tuesday (January 20, 2026) day from the constabulary connected enactment against the different accused firm.

Published - January 20, 2026 04:33 p.m. IST

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