Septic tank deaths: Family of labourers allege nobody helped them

Soni was going to deliver lunch around 1 pm to her husband who was working as a labourer in northwest Delhi, but she was in for a rude shock.

"When I reached the location, I could not find anyone there," Soni, the wife of Sher Singh (30), said. "When I looked into the septic tank, I saw that all the five persons were lying there. I started shouting, but nobody came to rescue."
"We somehow managed to call the police and ambulance, and immediately rushed them to the hospital," the 59-year-old said. "My brothers were doing this work for the past 20 years and nothing like this happened before."