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Three people including a child died in rain-related incidents in Delhi

Three people including a child died in rain-related incidents in the national capital on Sunday. The first causality

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Three people including a child died in rain-related incidents in the national capital on Sunday. The first causality was reported from New Delhi area's Minto Bridge where a tempo driver, identified as 56-year-old Kundan Kumar, drowned when his vehicle got stuck in the water logged under the bridge, early on Sunday morning. Kumar was from Pithoragarh in Uttrakhand and was in the capital since March this year, according to a family member. His body has been sent for post-mortem. Two other separate incidents were reported from South East Delhi's Jaitpur and Amar Colony areas on Sunday. "On Sunday, a person came to Jaitpur Police station to lodge a missing complaint of his son, 8, who was missing since morning," police said. After receiving the information, SHO and other staff members started searching for the boy. However, the boy was found in unconscious state by neighbours from Chhath Ghaat area in Saurabh Vihar," said DCP South East, R.P. Meena. The boy was immediately taken to Apollo Hospital where he was declared brought Dead. (IANS)