Hyderabad: 4-year-old washed away in nala at Pragati Nagar

Hyderabad: A pal of gloom descended on Pragati Nagar NRI Colony on Tuesday after a 4-year-old boy was washed away in a nala during incessant rains in the city. DRF teams later retrieved the body from Tukra pond.

The deceased, Mithun Reddy, son of Santosh Reddy, was playing in front of his house on Tuesday afternoon and he accidentally fell into open nala. The local alerted police, who later found CCTV footage of the incident.

Subsequently, DRF teams were pressed into action to retrieve the body. The teams conducted extensive search in Pragati Nagar’s Turka pond and found the body.