An 11-year-old boy who had gone missing since Tuesday evening, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a canal near New Ashok Nagar Metro Station in East Delhi on Wednesday morning, police said.
The boy, a resident of Kondli locality, had gone along with his family to his aunt’s wedding in Trilokpuri area from where he went missing around 4 pm.
His relatives lodged a missing complaint at Mayur Vihar Police Station and a thorough search operation was conducted in the area, a senior official said. His body was spotted by an auto-rickshaw driver who informed police and the body was fished out of the canal.