A nearly 24-hour rescue operation to find a four-year-old boy who fell into an open sewer in the Baprola area here ended tragically on Wednesday when the team found the child’s dismembered body at a water treatment plant in Nilothi, police said.
They said the victim’s DNA profiling will be conducted to identify the body.
The child fell into the manhole near Kheri Baba Pul in Nangli Vihar Extension on Tuesday afternoon, triggering an extensive search operation involving the Delhi Police, fire brigade personnel, local divers and the National Disaster Response Force.
The child fell into the manhole near Kheri Baba Pul in Nangli Vihar Extension on Tuesday afternoon, triggering an extensive search operation involving the Delhi Police, fire brigade personnel, local divers and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). The atmosphere remained tense on Tuesday as rescue personnel worked for hours, with locals standing alongside the family, offering support and hoping against hope that the child would be brought out alive. Police suspect the body was dismembered by the large rotating machines that filter and treat wastewater at the sewage treatment plant. The child had accompanied his mother to Dass Garden Park.
The heartbreaking discovery brought an end to the anxious wait of the family members, who had remained at the site throughout the rescue operation that continued for over 24 hours, desperately hoping for their child to be found alive. Officials received information about the incident at the Ranhola police station in outer Delhi around 3:21 pm on November 10, according to police.
The rescue teams followed the sewer and drain route and eventually reached the Water Treatment Plant in Nilothi, Nihal Vihar, where the child’s body was found in multiple parts, police said. Authorities said the team retrieved the body and sent it to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital for preservation and post-mortem. “Further investigation is underway,” a senior police officer said, adding that a complaint under section 106(1) (causing death by negligence) has been registered against unidentified persons. he accidentally fell into a manhole, police said While moving towards the drain to relieve himself. Police said the operation was particularly challenging as the sewer was connected to the drain, making it difficult for the rescue personnel to trace the child’s movement through the network. Police said the operation ultimately led to the recovery of the child’s body.
