New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- A massive multi-agency search and rescue operation was launched after a four-year-old boy fell into an open manhole near Dass Garden Colony in Outer Delhi's Nangli Vihar area, officials said.

Teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Delhi Police, Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), and the Border Security Force (BSF) have been deployed at the spot and are carrying out intensive search operations to locate and retrieve the child.

According to fire officials, the incident occurred while the child was playing and accidentally slipped into an uncovered manhole.

"We received a call at 9:45. The Delhi Fire Service team was deployed here... A 4-year-old boy was playing he...