India, March 7 -- A seven-year-old boy slipped and drowned in a major drain in Ghaziabad late Wednesday evening. Police said that the boy's body was found around 10pm on Wednesday.

The victim, identified as Asad Naushad, was playing near the drain behind the Mahamaya stadium near GT Road, a short distance away from the Islam Nagar locality where he lived.

Mohammad Naushad, Asad's father, said, "I have no children and I adopted my brother's son (Asad) and was bringing him up. Around 7.30pm on Wednesday, some children came to my house and said that my son slipped into the drain. I alerted my neighbours and they informed the police. After a lot of search, Asad's body was retrieved from the drain around 10pm."

The drain flows through Sai U...