Nine-year-old boy drowns in pit beside Dwarka expressway

A nine-year-old boy allegedly drowned in a water-filled pit created by construction work on the Dwarka Expressway in Sector 109, police said on Tuesday

A nine-year-old boy allegedly drowned in a water-filled pit created by construction work on the Dwarka Expressway in Sector 109, police said on Tuesday.

The boy’s body was found around 9am on Tuesday after police contacted workers at the construction site, who drained the pit using a pump. (Vipin Kumar/HT photo)

The minor has been identified as Rishabh and his body was found at around 9am on Tuesday after police contacted workers at the construction site who drained the pit using a pump. The boy’s slipper and clothes were discovered near the pit by his parents.

According to primary investigation, Rishabh reached the spot with a few friends to bathe in the pit at around 6pm on Monday. His friends got scared and fled from the spot after he drowned. They didn’t even inform their parents about the incident after returning home, police said.

Rishabh’s mother returned home at around 7pm and was surprised to not find him home. She asked neighbours who told her that they had spotted him playing around 6pm. Once his father returned home, the couple started looking for the boy and later informed police after failing to find him. They continued to look for him through the night and got to know on Tuesday morning that some children were spotted near the water-filled pit the day before.