Bijnor(UP), Jan 2 (PTI) A seven-year-old mute boy died after falling into a water tank in Mandaveli police station area here, police said on Tuesday.

The victim Faiz had been missing since Monday afternoon and could not be found after a lot of searching, SHO Mandavali Sudeshpal said.

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Police found CCTV footage in which Faiz was seen with a 10-year-old child who told police that he fell into a water tank on an empty plot on Monday, the SHO said. The body was taken out from the tank on Tuesday, he said.

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