Cops File Case into Drowning of Six-Year-Old at Pitampura

Following the drowning of a six-year-old boy in a swimming pool at Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) Community Centre in northwest Delhi's Pitampura on Friday, Delhi Police on Sunday said they have registered a death by negligence case in the matter.

- Karn Pratap Singh

NEW DELHI:

Police said the initial inquiry revealed that no safety measure was in place at the pool and CCTV cameras were also missing. The boy, Taksh Rathi, lived with his mother in northwest Delhi's Bakhtawarpur, while his father lives separately.

According to Rathi's grandfather, Lakshman Bhatt, the kid went to the Community Centre's swimming pool at 9:30 a.m. on Friday with two teenage boys from the same neighbourhood. "At the spot, when the three boys entered the pool, the elder ones swam ahead. When they looked back, they found Taksh missing and raised the alarm. The lifeguards rescued Taksh from the water. He was rushed to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared him dead. Our family was informed about the drowning around 10:30 a.m.," Bhatt said, adding that Rathi had already taken swimming classes and he knew how to swim.