Girl dies after falling into water tank in Noida

Police said the girl was playing near the tank, which was covered with bamboo sticks when she fell.

Representative image of a water tank.

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Noida: A seven-year-old girl died after falling into a water tank of an under-construction house in Chotpur Colony here, police said on Tuesday.

Sector 63 police station in-charge Awadhesh Pratap Singh said Mishti was playing near a water tank, which was covered with bamboo sticks, late Monday night.

When the girl was crossing the tank, she lost control and fell into the tank, he said.

The officer said that people nearby took her out of the tank and rushed her to a hospital where she was declared dead.

On the complaint of the girl's father Raju, a case has been registered against the landlord Rahul and a probe is underway, he said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem.