The victim identified as Samad, son of one Sajid Ali had gone missing from his home at Azad Colony here yesterday after he went outside to play, SHO of Tronica City police station Sheelesh Yadav said.
After prolonged search, the body was recovered by the deceased's family members from a drain today, he said.
Postmortem revealed that the boy died of aspiration of fluid caused by drowning in water, Yadav said, adding no case has been registered in this matter yet.