NHRC issues notice to SE Delhi Municipal Corporation

National Human Rights Commission today issued a notice to the South-East Delhi Municipal Corporation in connection with the death of a four-year-old boy who fell into an open manhole in Jaitpur area.
According to a statement released by NHRC, a notice in this regard was issued to the Commissioner, South-East Delhi Municipal Corporation calling for a factual report on the incident within two weeks.
The notice was served after the Commission took suo motu cognizance of media reports that a four-year-old boy died after he slipped in an open manhole in Jaitpur, South-East Delhi on Wednesday. The body, however, could be fished out only the next morning after rescue work by the police and the Fire Department personnel.

Reportedly, the victim, Gurpreet and his grandmother had come back from Punjab and reached near their house by a cycle-rickshaw. While his grandmother was busy paying the rikshaw-puller, Gurpreet got his hand released and ran towards the house in excitement. There was no electricity at that time and the child could not spot the open manhole and slipped into it.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious violation of human rights of the child.