Gurugram rain kills auto driver as wife calls him all night, gets no reply

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An auto-rickshaw driver died after falling into an open sewer in Gurugram's Sector 49 during heavy rainfall on Wednesday evening. The victim, identified as 27-year-old Shailendra from Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj, was later found dead by police after his family reported him missing.According to his wife, she last spoke to him around 5 pm on Wednesday when he said he was dropping a passenger from Sector 10 to Sector 49 and would return soon.advertisementThey spoke again around 9 pm, but he stopped responding to calls afterward. She said she continued calling him through the night and into Thursday morning, and called around 200 times, the Times of India reported, but got no response. The family eventually informed the police.
A team from Gurugram Police reached the location near Gate-2 of Sheeshpal Vihar and recovered Shailendra's body from a sewer. His auto was found parked near the spot and his phone was recovered from the vehicle. Sector 49 and several other areas in Gurugram were heavily waterlogged due to intense rainfall across NCR.The area where the incident occurred had water levels ranging from two and a half to three feet. Police said Shailendra had stepped out of his vehicle, reportedly to relieve himself, and accidentally fell into the submerged sewer. He did not resurface.Shailendra's death was one of five fatalities reported in Gurugram during the downpour, according to police. Three people died of electrocution and one woman was killed in a road accident.Akshat Jain, a graphic designer from Delhi's Vishwas Nagar working in Gurugram, died after receiving an electric shock from a pole near Ghasola village while returning home to Vatika City from the gym.He was rushed to a hospital by passersby but was declared dead. His family filed a case at Sector 50 Police Station, alleging negligence by the power department.In another case, Pawan Kumar from Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, was electrocuted while crossing Genpact Chowk in the rain after touching a pole. He died during treatment.Prashant, a resident of Shahjahanpur, UP, who had come to visit relatives in Arjun Nagar, died after receiving a shock from a shop shutter carrying current. He had just gotten off his bike when his foot brushed the metal surface.Around 3 am on Thursday, Vanshika, a security staff member at Delhi International Airport, died in a road accident. She was returning home in a cab with a colleague and security guard.After dropping the colleague off near Sector 10, the cab hit a divider near Khandsa due to poor visibility from the rain. All three occupants were injured and taken to a hospital, where Vanshika was declared dead.Wednesday night's torrential rains led to widespread waterlogging and traffic disruption across Gurugram and other parts of Delhi-NCR. The death toll from the rains has risen to at least nine, including three children who drowned in a rain-filled pond in Bhondsi.- EndsMust Watch