NOIDA, Jan. 24 -- A special investigation team (SIT) formed by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath questioned Noida Authority engineers and senior officers on Friday regarding the death of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned in a flooded empty plot in Sector 150.

According to officials aware of the matter, the engineers attributed their failure to cover the drain - and those stop the plot from flooding - or raise the boundary wall to an inability to have funds sanctioned. They argued before the SIT that their financial powers had been curtailed by a recent directive from the CEO, preventing them from taking remedial measures.

However, residents dismissed this defence as an attempt to escape responsibility, noting that t...