India, June 16 -- 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.

Police said the initial inquiry revealed that no safety measures were 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 9.30am on Friday with two teenaged boys from the same neighbourhood. "The boys assured his mother that they will look after h...