NEW DELHI: Tragedy struck on Friday when a 15-year-old boy misplaced his life on a waterlogged highway in central Delhi’s Chanakyapuri. The incident occurred following heavy rain in numerous elements of town. The precise cause behind the loss of life is unclear, as police mentioned the boy had drowned whereas civic officers claimed that he was hit by a automobile.
The sufferer, recognized as Sourabh, resided together with his household on the close by Vivekanand Camp.His father, Kallu, hailed from Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh and labored as a mason to assist his household. Sourabh used to usually bathe in waterlogged areas with associates after rain.
A senior police officer mentioned that they obtained a PCR name round 12 pm on Friday concerning the incident, and a group of cops reached the spot to analyze the matter. Preliminary studies indicated that Sourabh and a gaggle of his associates have been having fun with rain on the waterlogged highway. Nevertheless, the state of affairs took a grim flip when, at one level, Sourabh misplaced management, and the heavy present of the water swept him away. After being carried a number of metres, he turned entangled with a automobile.
As a result of slope on Bapu Dham Street in Chanakyapuri, water usually accumulates after rain. The slope additionally causes waterlogging outdoors a global college within the space. The highway connects Sardar Patel Marg to Dhaula Kuan Street.
The officer additional added that Sourabh’s associates, Pankaj and Amulya, who had been chasing him through the incident, managed to achieve him. Realising the gravity of the state of affairs, they instantly knowledgeable Sourabh’s relations, who rushed to the scene. Some individuals who helped get him out of the water even tried to avoid wasting {the teenager} by giving CPR. The relations rushed him to the hospital. Nevertheless, he was pronounced useless upon arrival by docs there.
An NDMC official, on the situation of anonymity, claimed the boy was hit by a automobile. “In accordance with our data, it was not a case of drowning. The place the place the incident occurred was not submerged,” the official added.
