Hyderabad, Sept 5 (Hydnow): In a rain-related incident, a four-year-old boy was washed away in a nala at Pragathinagar in Bachupally on Tuesday.
The boy, Mithun, a resident of NRI colony was playing near his house when he slipped and fell into a nala. The locals who noticed it tried to save him but failed as the water was flowing at a great speed.
On information the Bachupally police rushed to the spot and on inputs provided by a person who spotted the child in the Nala near the ‘cheruvu’ started efforts to trace the body. The teams of the fire department and DRF arrived at the spot. (Hydnow)
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