"The responsibility of cleaning work was assigned to MS Enterprises company. The deceased persons worked for it and stayed in South Delhi," he said, adding that their families have been informed.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, the youths can be seen beating the four with belts. The labourers had arrived at Baheri after being hired by a mason.
The police official held the labourers, Marepalli Ramu and Mallaiah, and helped them to grab the rope and climb up.
The exact cause of the deaths will be ascertained after the post-mortem, an official said.
A total of eight labourers had got stuck inside the plant while they were involved in the STP cleaning operation.
The labourers were timely given oxygen by doctors of the hospital until they were pulled out by police personnel by removing debris.
One of the labourers collapsed out of suffocation after he climbed down into the sewage treatment plant to clean it. Two more labourers died after they went inside to check their colleague.
Wages for piece rate work under 15 job categories have also been enhanced for the labourers.
Those injured in the incident were declared brought dead at the hospital, DCP (Rohini) said.
Mercury MENA, an engineering and plumbing firm, owes thousands of dollars of wages to workers from countries where many live on less than $2 a day.
Eight labourers were trapped in the incident. Two were pulled out later in the rescue operation conducted by the district authorities.
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