Overview
- Two schoolboys from Bawana, identified as Imran, 9, and Zeeshan, 11, entered a rainwater-filled pit at a vacant DDA plot on 100 Foota Road in Narela and were pulled out unconscious before being declared dead at Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital.
- Police say the pit was about five to seven feet deep and had recently filled with monsoon rain, making it dangerous for children who often go there to play or swim after school.
- The bodies were sent for standard medico-legal procedures and Delhi Police have opened a formal inquiry and started legal action as investigators seek more details about how the boys accessed the site.
- The Delhi Development Authority said it had built a boundary wall around the plot but that sections were repeatedly damaged and it is cooperating with police while examining stronger barriers and enhanced surveillance.
- Local residents and officials warn that monsoon-filled open excavations on vacant public land pose a recurring safety risk and that this incident could prompt faster repairs, tighter site control, and more police-DDA coordination.