India, Feb. 3 -- A 14-year-old boy reported missing on Thursday evening was found dead inside an uncovered water utility pit at an infrastructure project site on Monday, police said, adding that a case of causing death by negligence was filed against officials of Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board over the matter.

The boy, identified as Pritam, had left his home in Tataguni on Thursday evening to play and did not return, according to the police. His parents searched the area before filing a missing-person complaint at the Kaggalipura police station. His body was found inside the sump, which was on the site of a water pipeline project in Bengaluru South taluk, said police officers aware of the matter.

Police said preliminary findi...