Greater Noida, July 26 -- A 53-year-old contractor, was arrested, while the supervisor and technical supervisor of the Greater Noida Authority were removed from their duties on Sunday in connection with the death of a six-year-old boy who drowned in a 10-feet-deep water-filled pit inside a residential society in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park 2 late Saturday evening.

"Contractor Manoj Jain, 53, a resident of Crossings Republik in Ghaziabad, was arrested for negligence on Sunday, and further investigation is underway," said Ravi Shankar Nim, deputy commissioner of police, Greater Noida.

The Greater Noida Authority said in a statement that it had also filed a complaint against the contractor at the Knowledge Park police station. "The cont...