Mumbai, March 20 An eight-year-old boy died after accidentally falling into a water-filled construction pit in the Malad (East) area of Mumbai. A private contractor has been booked in connection with the incident, a police official said on Friday.
According to the Kurar police station official, the incident occurred on Thursday night in the Chagan Patel Chawl area of Ambewadi, when the child, Divyansh Rajesh Mourya, was reportedly trying to retrieve a ball that had fallen into the ditch.
Local police personnel rushed to the spot and rescued Mourya, who was taken to a civic-run hospital in Kandivali, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, he said.
"A case has been registered against a private contractor under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for causing death by negligence and other offences. Further investigation into the incident is underway," the official informed.
