Delhi biker fell into pit. Official, passers-by saw. Why no help came for hours

Twenty-five-year-old Kamal Dhyani fell into a pit with his bike. Some saw it, but did not act. Police offered no meaningful help, his family claims. Negligence and indifference cost a young man his life.

For nearly eight hours, 25-year-old Kamal Dhyani lay at the bottom of an unguarded 20-foot-deep pit in West Delhi after accidentally falling in while returning home -- unaided and ultimately dead. Some people saw the biker plunge into the open trench, the contractor was informed and reached the spot, yet chose not to act. No emergency call was made, no rescue attempt was mounted, and no immediate help arrived. By the time his family found him the next morning, it was too late.

Kamal Dhyani, a private bank employee returning home in the national capital, fell into a 15-to-20-foot-deep pit dug for sewer work by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in Janakpuri. There were no barricades. No reflectors. No warning boards. No lighting.

He fell into the pit around 12 am on Friday, just after a final call to a friend saying he would reach home in a few minutes. By the time police were alerted, and his family found the body at around 8 am, Kamal was dead.

According to senior cop Darade Sharad Bhaskar, an eyewitness who was returning from a wedding saw a bike falling into the pit. He informed the guard nearby, who then told a labourer, Yogesh.

“The labourer looked inside and saw the motorcycle’s headlight on and a human figure lying inside,” the officer said.

Yogesh then informed the contractor, Rajesh Prajapati. Rajesh came to the spot in his car within 5-20 minutes. He found out that a motorcycle had fallen there. And then, nothing. He did not make a call to the police or emergency services. There was no PCR call. No ambulance summoned. No attempt to pull the man out.