Six-month-old girl falls into drain, dies

PATNA: A six-month-old girl child died after falling into a drain near Durga Chowk in Indirapuri (road number 10) under the Pataliputra police station area in the state capital around 4.30am on Wednesday. Police sources said the girl fell into the drain during sleep. Local people staged protest and accused the Patna Municipal Corporation for not covering the drain.
Pataliputra SHO Chetnanand Jha told this newspaper that her body was fished out from the drain and sent to Patna Medical College and Hospital for postmortem.“The girl died instantly after falling into the drain full of slush and dirt. The incident occurred when the girl was sleeping with his father Sunil Dome and mother near the drain outside their cottage.”
With the help of locals, the girl was fished out from the drain water and admitted to primary health centre where she was declared brought dead.
Jha added: “Several families lived in the cottage alongside the drain. There is no boundary wall around the drain.”