GURUGRAM: Police have filed a case of culpable homicide against a construction company in connection with the drowning of six children in a rainwater-filled pond at a vacant plot in Gurugram, officials said. On the complaint of Bajrang Prasad, father of 12-year-old Deva who was among the victims, the FIR was registered at Bajghera police station against M3M India private limited and its two directors as it was alleged that the site belonged to them, they said. But the company denied any connection with the land or the incident. The police will issue a notice to the accused soon, the police officials said. In a statement, the company condoled the loss of lives in the incident. “We would also like to clarify that M3M India is not in the possession of the said land and is not linked in any way with the incident in the FIR against Mr. Basant Bansal, Founder Chairman – M3M India and Roop Bansal, Director M3M India,” it said. Meanwhile, the police handed over the bodies of the six children after the postmortem. Dr Deepak Mathur, who conducted the autopsy, said that all six children died due to drowning. Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ravindra Yadav has also started an investigation into the incident and will submit the report to District Collector Nishant Kumar Yadav within three to four days. In his complaint, Bajrang said that around 4.15 pm on Sunday, Anshu, a resident of the colony, “came and told him that six children had drowned at the site of M3M Company”. When people reached there, they found that pits had been left open at the site and they were filled with rainwater. While playing there, the children slipped and fell into the pits. “Due to the negligence of the owners of the company Roop Bansal and Basant Bansal, our children died prematurely. There is anger in families and colony residents and we want justice through strict action against the company owner,” the complaint said. Following the complaint, an FIR has been registered against Roop Bansal and Basant Bansal by names under sections 304 (ii) (culpable homicide), 34 (common intention) of the IPC at Bajghera police station, the officials “As per the complaint, an FIR has been registered and further probe is underway. Action will be taken as per the law”, said inspector Aman Yadav, SHO of Bajghera police station. The deceased were identified as Durgesh (11), Ajit (10), Rahul (12), Piyush (10), Deva (12) and Varun (10), all residents of Shankar Vihar colony.
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