<p>A five-year-old boy died after falling into a municipal corporation-run school’s septic tank in southwest Delhi’s Kapashera area on Wednesday morning. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The tank, located on the school premises, had its lid open when the boy studying in nursery class fell into it, said police.<br /><br />“Ankit was playing in the premises of MCD’s no 2 primary school in Kapashera when he accidentally slipped into the tank, as its cover was opened,” said R A Sanjeev, Deputy Commissioner of Police, (South West).<br /><br />Seeing the boy fall in the tank, a crowd gathered around it. However, for a few minutes nobody could gather courage to enter it, said police.<br /><br />After some time, a labourer, Ram Singh, who was working at a nearby under-construction building, came over on seeing the crowd, and offered to enter the tank. <br /><br />“The labourer jumped inside the tank, and after a struggle of a few minutes managed to bring Ankit out from it. <br /><br />“However, when Ankit was taken to the Columbia Asia Hospital in Gurgaon for treatment, he was declared brought dead by the doctors,” Sanjeev added.<br /><br />Police have registered a case of negligence against the principal and administration of the school. Further investigation is underway, said police.<br /><br />The body has been sent for a post-mortem.<br />“We have lost our kid, and the school authorities are responsible for it. We want everyone behind it to be punished. How can the lid of a septic tank be kept open inside a primary school where small kids study? This is negligence of massive proportion,” said Ankit’s aunt Sunita.<br /><br />The MCD has ordered an inquiry by the Additional Commissioner of Education in the incident.<br />“We are really sad about the kid’s death. The incident is very unfortunate. We have ordered an inquiry into it, and I am sure the committee will recommend measures which will prevent these kinds of cases happening in the future,” said South MCD spokesperson Mukesh Yadav.<br /></p>
<p>A five-year-old boy died after falling into a municipal corporation-run school’s septic tank in southwest Delhi’s Kapashera area on Wednesday morning. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The tank, located on the school premises, had its lid open when the boy studying in nursery class fell into it, said police.<br /><br />“Ankit was playing in the premises of MCD’s no 2 primary school in Kapashera when he accidentally slipped into the tank, as its cover was opened,” said R A Sanjeev, Deputy Commissioner of Police, (South West).<br /><br />Seeing the boy fall in the tank, a crowd gathered around it. However, for a few minutes nobody could gather courage to enter it, said police.<br /><br />After some time, a labourer, Ram Singh, who was working at a nearby under-construction building, came over on seeing the crowd, and offered to enter the tank. <br /><br />“The labourer jumped inside the tank, and after a struggle of a few minutes managed to bring Ankit out from it. <br /><br />“However, when Ankit was taken to the Columbia Asia Hospital in Gurgaon for treatment, he was declared brought dead by the doctors,” Sanjeev added.<br /><br />Police have registered a case of negligence against the principal and administration of the school. Further investigation is underway, said police.<br /><br />The body has been sent for a post-mortem.<br />“We have lost our kid, and the school authorities are responsible for it. We want everyone behind it to be punished. How can the lid of a septic tank be kept open inside a primary school where small kids study? This is negligence of massive proportion,” said Ankit’s aunt Sunita.<br /><br />The MCD has ordered an inquiry by the Additional Commissioner of Education in the incident.<br />“We are really sad about the kid’s death. The incident is very unfortunate. We have ordered an inquiry into it, and I am sure the committee will recommend measures which will prevent these kinds of cases happening in the future,” said South MCD spokesperson Mukesh Yadav.<br /></p>
