Two security guards of a high-rise apartment in Agripada died on Wednesday morning after the lift they took to go to the basement got stuck and flooded. The security guards have been identified as Zamir Ahmed Sohanan, 32, and Shehzad Mohammad Memon, 37.

Savlaram Agawane, senior inspector of Agripada police station, said the accident happened at Nathani Residency. Around 8 am, Sohanan and Memon, unaware that the basement was flooded, got into the lift to start the water supply. But as they reached the basement, water started entering the lift and the doors got stuck. They sounded the alarm and the residents rushed to help them.