<p>Thane: Four days after a boy went missing while playing near his home in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane district, his body was found floating in a water tank of an adjacent building on Thursday, police said.</p>.<p>An official at the Shanti Nagar police station in Bhiwandi said the body of the five-year-old boy, Ahid Ejaj Ansari, was sent for a post-mortem examination and a case of accidental death registered for now.</p>.<p>The child was playing near his house on December 16 when he went missing. His parents carried out a frantic search for him but in vain and then approached the police with a complaint, he said.</p>.Mumbai boat tragedy: Search continues for man, missing boy.<p>The police registered an FIR of kidnapping against unidentified persons, initiated a probe and launched a search for the boy, according to the official.</p>.<p>In the meantime, the police were alerted by local residents about a body floating in the water tank of a dilapidated building close to his home, said the official.</p>.<p>The body was fished out and later identified as that of the missing boy, who it appears, accidentally fell into the tank while playing, he added. </p>
<p>Thane: Four days after a boy went missing while playing near his home in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi in Thane district, his body was found floating in a water tank of an adjacent building on Thursday, police said.</p>.<p>An official at the Shanti Nagar police station in Bhiwandi said the body of the five-year-old boy, Ahid Ejaj Ansari, was sent for a post-mortem examination and a case of accidental death registered for now.</p>.<p>The child was playing near his house on December 16 when he went missing. His parents carried out a frantic search for him but in vain and then approached the police with a complaint, he said.</p>.Mumbai boat tragedy: Search continues for man, missing boy.<p>The police registered an FIR of kidnapping against unidentified persons, initiated a probe and launched a search for the boy, according to the official.</p>.<p>In the meantime, the police were alerted by local residents about a body floating in the water tank of a dilapidated building close to his home, said the official.</p>.<p>The body was fished out and later identified as that of the missing boy, who it appears, accidentally fell into the tank while playing, he added. </p>