A seven-year-old boy drowned after falling into a pit at a construction site in suburban Kandivali, police said.
The incident took place Tuesday evening at Ganesh Nagar.
Aditya Ranvijay Chouhan, the boy, fell into a pit at the site of a redevelopment project while walking on the road, a police officer said.
The pit was filled with water. Onlookers pulled him out but he was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
A case under IPC section 304-A (causing death by negligence) was registered against the firm which is carrying out the construction, the police officer said, adding that no arrest has been made yet.
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