5-year-old Delhi girl drowns in open drain while playing, PWD authorities booked
The girl from Akbarpur Majra allegedly slipped into the drain, which has been lying uncovered for 2 years.
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According to the police, the girl from Akbarpur Majra allegedly slipped into the drain, which has been lying open for at least two years, while playing with her siblings.The Delhi Police have registered a case against the Public Works Department following the death of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a drain that was left uncovered at Alipur in Delhi’s Outer North area on Saturday.
According to the police, the girl from Akbarpur Majra allegedly slipped into the drain, which has been lying open for at least two years, while playing with her siblings.
The police launched a search for the girl who was reported missing around 4 pm and found the body in the drain near Palla village around 8.30 pm, said an official at Alipur police station.
She was then taken to the Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial hospital in Jahangirpuri, where the doctors declared that she was brought dead.
“The child had accompanied her father to work, a labourer, who went to work in the fields. The victim was playing with her siblings in a nearby area while her father continued to work. In between, the child went missing,” said the officer.
The PWD authorities who were responsible for leaving the drain open have been booked under section 106 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (for causing death due to negligence) at the Alipur police station. “The drain, since being opened two years ago, has continued to remain open. That’s why she slipped and fell into it while playing,” the official said.
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