Six-year-old washed away in drain

 

Photo: K. Murali Kumar

Tragic: Abishek’s uncle Keshav Kumar showing the drain in which the child was washed away in Bangalore on Sunday.

Staff Reporter
Bangalore: A six-year-old boy was washed away in an overflowing drain in Bangalore on late Sunday evening following heavy rains.
The police said Abhishek was walking with his mother near his house in Lingarajpuram when he slipped into the drain and was washed away. After about three hours the police and the fire department officials could fish out the body of Abhishek. Residents of the area expressed anger at the way the officials had carried out the search operation. “They came with no equipment,” locals said.
Abhishek’s uncle Keshav Kumar said: “The Police and the Fire Department officials arrived only after we informed the Commissioner’s office.”
Rainwater entered the makeshift shed that houses the High Grounds Police Station. The police personnel covered the computer in the police station with a raincoat. Files and books were covered with plastic sheets.
According to the control room staff of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, many parts of the city were inundated. Trees fell in Indiranagar and Lingarajpuram.
Due to water-logging, there was traffic jam on the Lalbagh Road, the Old Madras Road and in many parts of Jayanagar.
The officials of the Meteorological Department said at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday, 53.4 mm rainfall was recorded.
Minimum temperature in the city was 25 degree Celsius while the maximum temperature was 29 degree Celsius. Areas surrounding the Bengaluru International Airport saw close to 41 mm of rainfall.