The Municipal Company of Delhi on Monday suspended an officer citing “dereliction of responsibility” after a 15-year-old boy was feared to have drowned in an open drain in southeast Delhi’s Jasola.
{The teenager} fell into the drain on Saturday final week whereas he was making an attempt to catch a kite. Rescue groups have continued their seek for him for the second day, with a video displaying his father additionally getting into the drain in a bid to search out him.
“Shri Anuj Kumar, JE (M)-IV is hereby positioned beneath suspension for dereliction of responsibility with instant impact as a disciplinary continuing towards the stated official is contemplated,” in response to an official communication from the workplace of the deputy commissioner, South East, posted by PTI information company on X.
AAP chief shares video of father’s ‘determined’ search
Aam Aadmi Social gathering chief Saurabh Bharadwaj shared a video of {the teenager}’s father, who jumped into the drain to search for his son.
“Father is unable to search out his 15 yr outdated son…He has most likely slipped into open drain whereas chasing a kite on 22 Aug. The daddy desperately jumped into drain to search out his son,” Bharadwaj stated.
Within the video, the daddy is seen sifting by items of rubbish and throwing them apart whereas looking for his son. Regardless of an almost 36-hour search, the boy was not discovered until Sunday, police stated.
How did the 15-year-old fall into drain?
The incident occurred simply earlier than midday on Saturday. In accordance with preliminary inquiry, the 15-year-old was making an attempt to catch a kite when he unintentionally slipped and fell into the open drain.
The boy was recognized as a Class 8 pupil at an area government-run faculty, and lived within the space together with his household. Officers from the Delhi Fireplace Providers stated two fireplace tenders together with a rescue staff have been despatched to the spot after the hearth management room was knowledgeable in regards to the incident at 11.54 am on Saturday.
“For the reason that movement of water within the drain was very quick, the boy couldn’t be traced,” deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Vineet Kumar stated. The National Disaster Response Force additionally joined the operation.
The search was referred to as off late Saturday and resumed on Sunday, with rescue groups and divers additionally deployed. “The staff tried its greatest to hint the boy through the use of all their tools however the boy couldn’t be discovered. As a result of darkness the operation was referred to as off on Saturday night time,” the DCP stated. The drain was initially believed to be beneath the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), however company officers stated that it had been handed over to Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) for upkeep, in accordance to an earlier HT report.
