Digboi, Sept. 16 -- A tragic incident at Borbil area in Assam's Digboi has brought longstanding allegations of official apathy, environmental mismanagement, and unchecked illicit liquor trade into sharp focus.

On Tuesday morning, locals found the body of Shayam Sundar Singh, son of the late Bhargav Singh, beneath a garbage heap in the AOD Tel Nallah.

Singh, who worked informally for a scrap dealer in Borbil No. 1, reportedly entered the clogged drain during continuous rainfall and became trapped in the sludge-filled channel, leading to his death by suffocation.

Residents directly blamed ongoing infrastructure work for the fatal incident.

They pointed to a road construction project overseen by the National Highways and Infrastructure D...