A three-year-old girl drowned in an underground water tank in Southeast Delhi’s Sangam Vihar area on Sunday afternoon. According to the police, the deceased, Alfia was playing near her house in the C-Block area of JJ Colony in Tigri when she allegedly went around in her neighbour’s place and fell into the tank.
DCP Romil Baaniya (Southeast) said that a case under Section 304A (causing death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Sangam Vihar police station against the neighbour and owner of the underground tank.
Police said that the incident came to light at around 3.15 pm on Sunday when they received a PCR call from Batra hospital about a minor girl dying due to drowning.
A couple of minutes ago, we have received a PCR call at around 2.55 pm about a three-year-old girl missing from her house since 1 pm. Massive search hunt was carried out by the family of the minor girl and her neighbours, said police.
“It was the neighbour who found the body of Alfia floating in the underground water tank. We have sent the body for post-mortem. Further probe is still on,” added the DCP.