Delhi: 2 Boys Drown While Swimming in Rain Water Collected in Ditch

New Delhi: In a tragic incident in North East Delhi’s New Usmanpur area, at least 2 children drowned while swimming in rainwater collected in a ditch on Friday evening. The two children, who died in the incident, were of the age 8 and 10 years. The two boys were fished out of the ditch and were shifted to a nearby hospital, where they were declared dead.

According to the police, the bodies of the deceased boys of the age 8 years and 10 years, were shifted to the mortuary of GTB hospital for post-mortem. The New Usmanpur police have initiated a legal process into the matter.

New Usmanpur Police Have Initiated Probe Into The Matter

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast Delhi), Joy Tirkey said that the incident occurred at around 5 pm on Friday in the Khadar area near 5th Pusta located in New Usmanpur.

As per the police official, due to the heavy rainfall in the Delhi-NCR on Friday, rain water had collected in a ditch in the Khadar area having a water depth of about 5 feet near 5th Pusta.

The two boys, who were playing nearby, went there to swim in the rain water pool. However, since they didn’t know about swimming, both were drowned in the water collected in the ditch.

However, the boys were fished out from the ditch and were shifted to a nearby hospital, where they were declared dead.

Further investigation into the matter is in progress.