NEW DELHI, May 5 -- A two-year-old girl allegedly died after falling into an uncovered drain outside her house in north Delhi's Mukundpur area on Sunday afternoon, police said, adding that a case has been registered under charges of causing death by negligence.

The child lived with her parents in the Eshu Vihar locality and was a single child. Police said her body was found in the drain after a search by family and locals. The Bhalswa Dairy police took custody of the body and sent it for post-mortem. The body was handed over to the family on Monday.

The girl's father, 31, who runs a dairy and general goods shop on the ground floor of their house, said a drain approximately three feet wide and four feet deep runs outside their residence....