Overview
- The boy, identified as 15-year-old Mithun, fell into an open drain while trying to retrieve a kite around 11:00 am on Saturday and was swept away.
- Delhi Fire Service, the National Disaster Response Force, police, Boat Club teams and local officials launched searches that ran through Saturday into Sunday but have not located him.
- Rescue teams say continuous strong current, heavy silt, garbage and narrow or underground sections of the drain have limited diver access and prevented machinery from clearing the channel.
- Mithun's family, who moved to Delhi from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, remained at the site and alleged divers probed from outside rather than entering the drain, a claim that has not been independently verified.
- The case has drawn attention to exposed, poorly maintained drains in the city and officials say search operations will continue along the drain and toward the Agra Canal until a trace is found.