New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) A 33-year-old man was swept away after he fell into a drain during heavy downpour in south Delhi's Mehrauli area on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

The victim has been identified as Devendra alias Kalu, a native of Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. He had been working at a flour mill in Mehrauli for the past two months, they said.

A PCR call was received around 1.10 pm informing that a man had drowned in a drain near Hazrat Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki's dargah.

"Police teams and fire department personnel rushed to the spot and launched a search operation, but despite hours of effort, he could not be found. The search will resume on Wednesday morning," a senior police officer said.

Devendra's brother Kishan identified him from a 10-second video circulating on social media t

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