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Police in the district of Katni in Madhya Pradesh state in central India said the 45-year-old was returning home on Friday evening when he fell into the hole.
Labourers then filled the hole with molten tar and used a heavy roller to flatten the surface. Locals later spotted the man's shirt and he was pulled out of the newly laid road dead on Monday, police said.
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"His body has been sent for post mortem and further investigation is in process," sub-inspector NP Chaudhary told Reuters TV.
The man had gone to a village fair and was heading home after visiting a liquor shop, the Times of India said.
A driver and a road worker have been arrested, the newspaper said.
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