21 January,2026 06:53 AM IST | Noida | Agencies
Search operation underway to recover the body. PIC/PTI
The police on Tuesday arrested the director of a real estate group in connection with the death of a 27-year-old software engineer, whose car had plunged into a water-filled pit at a construction site in Noida's Sector 150, officials said.
"Abhay Kumar, director of MZ Wiztown Planners and one of the accused in the case, has been arrested from Sector 150," Additional Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Hemant Upadhyay said.
Yuvraj Mehta was killed in the early hours on January 17 after his car skidded in dense fog, broke a drain boundary and fell into a deep, waterlogged pit, dug for the basement of an under-construction commercial complex near a drain.
The police had filed an FIR against two real estate developers - MZ Wiztown Planners and Lotus Greens - on a complaint by the victim's father, Raj Kumar Mehta, who alleged negligence by local authorities and sought accountability.
Deceased Yuvraj Mehta
While Kumar of Wiztown Planners has been arrested, there was no official update as of Tuesday afternoon from the police on action against the other accused firm.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had on Monday evening ordered the constitution of the three-member SIT to probe the case, amid public outrage and allegations of negligence by officials and developers. The state government also removed senior IAS officer Lokesh M as the Noida Authority CEO on Monday.
The authorities on Tuesday recovered the Maruti Grand Vitara car from the water-filled pit three days after the accident. Gautam Buddh Nagar Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar said that the operation to retrieve the car was challenging, adding that nearly two dozen personnel, including the NDRF, SDRF, local police, and the fire department were engaged.
ACP (Greater Noida) Hemant Upadhyay said the car was retrieved around 6.30 pm. "Nearly two dozen personnel, along with cranes, small boats and expert divers, were deployed," Kumar said, adding that large magnets were also used to trace the submerged vehicle.
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