According to police, the incident took place in the evening when the boy identified as Shekhar fell into the septic tank. After spotting this, some people called up police control room.
Raising an alarm, police intimated a team of civil defense and both teams hastened to the spot. “Since it was full of sludge, to spot the boy it was necessary for us to dry up the tank. With the help of machines, the sludge was pumped out,” said a senior police officer.
“After the tank was dried up, the boy was spotted in an unconscious state.
Later, our volunteer pulled out the boy. He was not breathing at the time when he was pulled out. He was hastened to Jaipuria hospital where he was declared brought dead,” said Mahendra Sewdaa volunteer of civil defence.
Police said since the septic tank was full of sludge, the cause of death could be respiratory failure. Police have registered a case of causing death due to negligence against unknown people and will investigate it to ascertain who was responsible for keeping the septic tanks covered.
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