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11-year-old drowns in UP Jal Nigam pump house

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Press Trust of India Kanpur

It is suspected that the deceased fell into the pump house of an under-construction water tank while playing on its boundary, police said today.

The daughter of a labourer, she was missing since August 9 and her body was spotted floating in the construction by neighbours yesterday.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, they said, adding that investigations are on into whether a security guard was deputed at the pump house or not.

  

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First Published: Aug 11 2012 | 5:05 PM IST

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