Noida,

24 Feb (HS): A five-year-old kid who had been missing for over a week was

discovered dead in a pond near a temple in Noida on Tuesday, police said. Ishu,

a native of Chipiyana Buzurg hamlet, had gone missing on February 17 while

playing outside his home. His father, Indrapal, filed a missing person report

at the Bisrakh Kotwali police station on February 18, according to authorities.

They stated that a search effort had been ongoing since then.

According

to police, on Monday, onlookers noticed the boy's body floating in a pond near

a shrine and notified local authorities. A squad from Bisrakh Kotwali police

station arrived and recovered the corpse. Police said the corpse was submitted

for a postmortem examination once the inquest procedures were completed.

According

to authorities, the boy's family is originally from Farrukhabad and was

residing in a leased home in Chipiyana Buzurg village. In a different instance

earlier this month, a three-year-old kid allegedly died after falling into a

water-filled trench in the Dankaur district of Greater Noida on February 14.

Police stated he went to his maternal uncle's residence to attend a religious

ceremony.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi