An engineer of Indira Gandhi canal project, Mahendra Kumar Parihar had gone to the canal in Barsalpur area for some inspection when he accidentally fell into it yesterday, they said.
The incident came to light when his driver started looking for him when he did not return till late, the police said, adding that his body was fished out late evening near RD-20 area.
In another incident in Rambagh village in the district, a farmer Balwant Saran drowned in a pond near his farm yesterday.
He was fetching water from the pond when the incident occurred.
His body was fished out later, they said, adding that further probes are on in both the cases.
