India, March 22 -- New Delhi

A three-year-old boy died, allegedly by drowning in an open drain in Khajuri Khas, northeast Delhi, on Friday afternoon while he was playing outside his house, police said.

Police said they received a call from locals at 1.39pm and sent a team for rescue, but the boy was declared dead at a hospital. They identified the deceased as Vishwajeet Kumar.

"We received a call about a child drowning. A team was immediately sent to the spot at Gali No. 22, Khajuri Khas. The team found a three-year-old boy drowned in the open drain while playing outside. He was immediately rescued and sent to JPC Hospital, but the doctors declared him 'brought dead'," deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Ashish Kumar Mishra said....