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[email protected], Website: www.urckarachi.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/URCKHI Twitter: https://twitter.com/urc_karachi Page 1 Sewerage & Drainage URC Five-year-old boy dies after falling into open manhole The body of a five-year-old boy was found from a sewer in Jamshed Quarters, a day after the child had been reported missing. Police said that the child had fallen into an open manhole while playing in the street outside his home. The victim, identified as Calvin, son of Joseph, had gone missing from Police Lines, near Jamshed Quarters Police Station on Monday. When police received information about the body of a child that was found from a sewer, they reached the site and shifted the deceased to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Later, the body was handed over to the family. A father’s plea Speaking to the media, the child‘s father said his son fell into the manhole of a sewer while playing with his friends. In the CCTV footage of the incident, Calvin can be seen falling into the sewer while walking in the street. The other children didn‘t notice him falling and walked ahead. Joseph added that his son fell into the manhole because its lid was open but someone closed it afte r he fell in. When the staff of Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) came to unblock the sewer, they opened the lid and found his son‘s body there, said Joseph.