India News | Girl Dies After Falling into Borewell in UP
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A girl died after she fell into a 15-foot-deep borewell here on Sunday, a day before her seventh birthday, according to police.
Bareilly (UP) May 1 (PTI) A girl died after she fell into a 15-foot-deep borewell here on Sunday, a day before her seventh birthday, according to police.
The incident took place in Bareilly police lines. The girl's mother is a police constable, the police said.
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Superintendent of Police (city) Ravindra Kumar said the girl went missing on Sunday morning.
"People began searching for the girl and her body was found inside a 15-ft borewell. The matter is being looked into," he said.
According to neighbours, the girl was a student of Class 1 and would have turned seven on Monday.
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