India, July 13 -- In two separate incidents in outer Delhi, at least two minor boys have allegedly drowned in a rainwater-filled excavation pit in Mukhmelpur village, while four others are feared to have drowned in the Yamuna in Alipur area on Sunday.

In the first incident, which took place near Hiranki Road, police said it received a call at 6.08pm, while Delhi Fire Services (DFS) at 5.55pm. The two boys, aged 8 and 10, were pulled out by locals and rushed to the hospital. At Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra (SRHC) Hospital in Narela, doctors declared them brought dead.

"Preliminary inquiry revealed that the children had gone to play in the agricultural fields behind a house at around 4pm when they accidentally slipped into a water-filled...