Two Real Estate Firm Employees Get Bail In Noida Techie Death Case

A local court has granted bail to two employees of a real estate firm in connection with the death of a 27-year-old software engineer in Noida earlier this month, lawyers said.

The chief judicial magistrate court in Surajpur on Friday granted bail to Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karanwal, employees of Lotus Greens Construction Private Limited, who were held in the case related to the drowning of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta in a waterlogged pit near a construction site in Sector 150 here.

The accused maintained that they have not committed any offence and have been falsely implicated in the case, seeking release on bail.

Advocate Manoj Bhati, appearing for the accused, said the court granted bail as the offence invoked in the case is bailable.

The court released both accused on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 each and imposed various conditions, also directing them to "fully cooperate with the investigation", the advocate said.

The court ordered that the accused shall not leave the country without prior permission of the court and would be required to seek permission in advance in case of foreign travel.

The accused have also been directed not to tamper with prosecution evidence during the course of investigation, Bhati added.

The case pertains to the death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned after his car fell into a waterlogged pit near a construction site on the intervening night of January 16 and 17.

The incident triggered public outrage, protests by locals and allegations of negligence against developers and the Noida Authority.

Police had arrested Abhay Kumar, director of MZ Wiztown Planners, and two associates of Lotus Greens Construction Private Limited real estate firm -- Ravi Bansal and Sachin Karanwal -- in connection with the case.

Abhay Kumar is presently lodged in judicial custody, according to a lawyer.

FIR have been registered under sections including culpable homicide not amounting to murder and causing death by negligence, while a separate case has been lodged against officials of the two firms for alleged violations of environmental norms.

A special investigation team constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government is also probing matter.

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