The incident took place here this evening when the deceased, identified as Kartik, was playing with around five others at a ground close to the site where the Karkardooma station of Metro Phase-3 is being constructed.
"The children drifted toward the ditch which was a few feet deep and was full of water. Two kids had fallen into it.. One of them was saved by locals while Kartik could not be saved...," said a police officer.