Boy falls into sewer in city, dismembered body found

New Delhi: A 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. Police suspect that the body was dismembered after passing through the sewage treatment plant, where large rotating machines filter and treat wastewater.

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 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. They said the team retrieved the body and sent it to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital for preservation and post-mortem. Authorities will conduct DNA profiling to establish the child’s identity.

“DNA profiling will be conducted to establish the identity of the deceased child. Further investigation is underway,” a senior police officer said, adding that an FIR under section 106(1) (causing death by negligence) has been registered against unidentified persons. 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.

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