India, May 5 -- A two-year-old girl died after she allegedly slipped into an uncovered drain while playing outside her home in outer north Delhi's Mukundpur area, triggering anger among residents who accused civic authorities of ignoring repeated warnings about the dangerous stretch.

The incident took place on Sunday evening in Ishu Vihar when the child walked out of her house to play in the lane and suddenly disappeared, police said. For hours, her family members and neighbours searched frantically through nearby lanes, rooftops and surrounding houses, hoping she had wandered off. As panic spread and there was still no sign of the child, suspicion turned toward the deep open drain running along the residential stretch.

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