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Doctor's death during Mumbai floods: Four arrested
Published : Sep 18, 2017, 11:49 am IST
Updated : Sep 18, 2017, 11:49 am IST
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Mumbai: Police have arrested four persons in connection with the death of a renowned doctor, who fell into an open manhole while walking along a flooded street during torrential rains in Mumbai on August 29.   

The death of Dr Deepak Amrapurkar, a gastroenterologist who worked with Bombay Hospital here, had caused widespread outrage.   

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Dadar police in central Mumbai yesterday arrested Siddhesh Bhelsekar, Rakesh Kadam, Nilesh Kadam and Dinesh Pawar, residents of a chawl in Parel area.   

Probe found that they had opened the manhole so that the water in the area, which had entered their houses, could drain out, police said.   

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Dr Amrapurkar went missing after getting out of his car which was stuck in a traffic jam and walking home along a waterlogged street near the Elphinston Road station on August 29, when torrential rains brought the city to a halt.   

Eye-witnesses said that they saw a man falling into a manhole while wading through water. Amrapurkar's body was recovered after two days from a nullah in central Mumbai's Worli area.   

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The four accused have been booked under section 304 (A) (causing death by negligence), said an officer from the Dadar police station, adding that further investigation was underway. PTI

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