India, July 22 -- A 60-year-old man died after falling into a manhole on the Kalyan-Shil road in Dombivli East on Sunday evening. The enraged residents held the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) responsible for the incident, claiming that no action was taken by the authority despite multiple complaints about open manholes in the area. "It seems like someone has stolen the lid," said an official from MIDC.

The incident occurred in the afternoon on Sunday when the victim, Babu Dharma Chavan, was walking on the Kalyan-Shil road, slipped, and fell into an open manhole. The deceased's son, Pravin Chavan, said, "I received a call from a passerby informing us about the incident. I rushed to the spot, pulled my father out of ...