NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old boy died of suspected drowning in a pit full of water where he had apparently gone for a swim in southeast Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj area on Friday. Police are probing the matter, senior officers said. Last Thursday, three teenage boys had allegedly drowned in a pit at Kaya Maya Park, which also falls in the same district. The pit in the park was filled due to the rains. Delhi Development Authority had also deployed a guard later at the park. According to police, a call was received at Kalindi Kunj police station reporting that a boy who had gone to swim in the pit was missing. “A police team reached the spot near Lohia Bridge, Agra Canal Road. A rescue team was called and finally, the boy was found lying in the pit unconscious. A team of divers pulled out the boy and he was immediately sent to AIIMS Hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead,” a senior police officer said. Police said the body has been preserved at the mortuary of AIIMS Trauma Centre for postmortem examination. A day after three youngsters drowned in a pit at Kaya Maya Park in Pul Prahladpur, TOI had found the spot unguarded on Friday. It also saw that the pit was easily accessible and there was nothing to stop one from entering the park. Schoolchildren playing there claimed that some kids had drowned at the site earlier too.
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