Delhi Boy Falls Into Sewer, Dismembered Body Found In Water Treatment Plant

A nearly 24-hour rescue operation to find a four-year-old boy who fell into an open sewer in the Baprola area here ended tragically on Wednesday when the team found the child's dismembered body at a water treatment plant in Nilothi, police said.

They said the victim's DNA profiling will be conducted to identify the body.Police suspect the body was dismembered by the large rotating machines that filter and treat wastewater at the sewage treatment plant.

The child fell into the manhole near Kheri Baba Pul in Nangli Vihar Extension on Tuesday afternoon, triggering an extensive search operation involving the Delhi Police, fire brigade personnel, local divers and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).The rescue teams followed the sewer and drain route and eventually reached the Water Treatment Plant in Nilothi, Nihal Vihar, where the child's body was found in multiple parts, police said.