New Delhi June 21 (IANS) An eight-year-old boy has died after falling into a rainwater-filled pit in a park here the city police said on Wednesday.
The boy was identified as Khalid from Mangolpuri area the police said.
The accident occurred around 8 p.m. on Tuesday while Khalid was playing in a park in Avantika area of Rohini. He fell into a rainwater-filled pit in the park the police added.
After almost half an hour a passer-by saw the child s body in the pit and informed the police.
The police have sent the body for autopsy and a case of negligence has been registered.
--IANS
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8-year-old falls in pit in Delhi, dies
