MZ Wiztown Planners CEO Abhay Singh Sent Back To Judicial Custody For 6 Days | Noida Techie's Death

Noida: Abhay Singh, the CEO of MZ Wiztown Planners on Wednesday was sent back to judicial custody for six days after being produced in court following the conclusion of his one-day remand period. The builder was arrested after the death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, who drowned after his SUV collided with a boundary amid dense fog and fell into the waterlogged pit of an under-construction plot in Noida's Sector 150.

Singh was named as an accused in the death of Mehta and was arrested on Tuesday. 

During the hearing on Wednesday, the court severely reprimanded the authorities for their negligence in the case. The court made strong remarks and instructed the police that the investigation must clearly identify who is responsible for the negligence. “If the drain was broken, who is responsible?  Similarly, if barricades were not put up, who is responsible? All of this should be part of the investigation. Because if complaints had been made about this for several years, why wasn't action taken at the appropriate time?” the court asked.

Builder's Past Warnings Ignored

Earlier, a 2022 letter sent to the Noida authority revealed that the builder specifically flagged the collapse of sewer and drainage lines that caused sewage and stormwater to flood the plot's basement, the exact location where the victim later drowned in his vehicle. Despite subsequent requests from Wiztown to modify the project design, the authority allegedly denied permission, leaving the site’s structure unchanged and deteriorating for over five years.

Anchal Bohra, director of the builder firm Wiztown Planners, had warned, “This can result in a serious mishap, and accidents may occur unknowingly if the sewer and drain lines are not restored immediately and the drain water from our plot is not pumped out."

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