2-yr-old girl drowns in pit at Sec 49 park

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 22

A two-year-old girl drowned in a pit filled with rainwater at a park in Sector 49 today. The victim, identified as Nandini, a resident of EWS Colony, Sector 49, had gone to the park along with her mother in the afternoon. While the woman got busy with her relative in the park, the girl slipped into the pit while playing.

The police said the victim’s mother thought that the victim had returned home.

At around 2 pm when her mother returned home, she found her daughter was missing. The police were informed following which a search operation was launched.

The police teams searched the nearby forest area and later at around 4 pm, they found the victim lying in the pit. She was rushed to the local hospital where doctors declared her dead on arrival.

The police have ruled out any foul play in the incident. “There were no injury marks on the victim’s body, nor was she physically assaulted,” said a police official.

The police have started investigation.