India, Aug. 1 -- A four-year-old boy drowned after falling into an open tubewell chamber near a slum cluster in Sector 123, on Friday evening, police said on Saturday.

According to police, the Noida Authority operated the tubewell. Police said the child was alone at the time of the incident and is suspected of either playing near the tube well or attempting to drink water when he fell into the nearly 4-foot-deep cemented chamber housing the tube well.

Upon receiving information, police reached the spot and rushed the child to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

The child's parents, who work as labourers in the area, live in a slum near the tube well.

Police said the family submitted a complaint alleging negligence.

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