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Bengaluru: In a tragic incident, a five-year-old boy drowned in a pit filled with rainwater at an under-construction building in eastern Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Suhas Gowda.
According to police, Gowda was playing with other children in the morning when he fell into the five-foot-deep pit dug up to install the lift at the building near Kadugodi. Due to incessant rains, the pit was filled with rainwater.
Gowda’s friends ran to his house, but it was too late by the time help arrived. He was found dead.
“The building belongs to Kannamangala Milk Dairy,” a senior officer told DH.
“We have booked Sonnappa, the owner of the dairy, and Sunil, the mason, for death due to negligence”, the officer added.
Suhas lived in a nearby house with his mother and grandmother.
“His father has been separated from his mother,” the officer said. “They are natives of Kolar. His mother worked menial jobs. Kadugodi police have registered a case under BNS Section 106 (death by negligence),” the officer further said.