India, May 19 -- A day after a 10-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in north Delhi's Jagatpur, police detained a staffer for questioning, and found that the facility lacked a valid license from civic bodies and had no instructors or lifeguards on site, officials said.

They added that the facility owner and the caretaker are currently on the run and efforts are ongoing to arrest them. An FIR has been lodged under BNS Section 106 for causing death by negligence.

HT contacted the facility owner and a staffer but they did not respond to requests for comment.

According to officials, the 10-year-old boy had gone to the private facility with 17-18 of his friends on Sunday morning. The boy entered the pool after paying Rs.100 per head, b...