New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- A 7-year-old boy came out of an open sewer on his own and returned home after a 24-hour rescue operation failed to locate him in Rajokri village of south Delhi, Delhi police said.

According to the Police, on 31 July at around 01:15 pm, police received information from some local boys that a child had fallen into a sewer near Rajokri.

Following a prolonged search operation conducted by multiple agencies until late at night, no child could be recovered from the sewer.

The investigators examined CCTV footage from cameras near the site. They saw two boys running along the sewer; one fell into the drain, then both continued running further down the line. No camera captured his exit, but police discovered an open segment...