Ghaziabad (UP), March 28 A 34-year-old construction worker is alleged to have drowned in an open drain here after reportedly losing his balance while returning home from work, police said on Saturday.
The deceased, identified as Wasim, a resident of Chandausi in the Moradabad district, was living in a rented accommodation in Mawai village in the Vijay Nagar area, they said.
The incident occurred on Friday night near Labour Chowk. Upon receiving information, the police reached the spot and, with the help of locals, retrieved the man from the drain, they said.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the man was under the influence of alcohol, Vijay Nagar SHO Dharampal Singh said, adding, "He was sitting on the edge of the drain when he apparently lost his balance and fell into the deep water."
The police took Wasim to the district government hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, he said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, police said.