India, Feb. 11 -- A 30-year-old daily wage labourer was killed after falling into an open manhole maintained by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in northwest Delhi's Rohini Sector 32 late on Monday, police said on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Birju Kumar, a native of Bihar's Samastipur district. Police said Kumar had been living in the vicinity of the accident site.

According to the police, information regarding a man falling into a drain was received at Begumpur police station at around 3pm on Tuesday. Teams from Delhi Police and the Delhi Fire Services rushed to the spot. They said Kumar was eventually pulled out of the sewer around 9pm, but was declared dead.

Deputy commissioner of police (Rohini) Rajeev Ranjan said,...