India, Feb. 14 -- Delhi Police on Thursday wrote to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) seeking details of officials responsible for maintaining the manhole where a 30-year-old daily wage labourer fell to death in Rohini's Begumpur area on Monday night.

"We wrote to DDA asking them about officials who are responsible for the work in this area and for maintaining the manhole. They are yet to share details," a police officer said.

The deceased, Birju Kumar, from Samastipur in Bihar, was found in a 14-foot-deep open sewer near Mahashakti Kali Mandir in Sector 32, Begumpur on Tuesday evening.

According to officials, police were informed at around 3pm on Tuesday about a man falling into a drain. After nearly six hours of rescue efforts, Kumar...