UP: Boy dies after falling into water tank in Bijnor

A seven-year-old mute boy died after falling into a water tank in Mandaveli police station area here, police said on Tuesday.

The victim Faiz had been missing since Monday afternoon and could not be found after a lot of searching, SHO Mandavali Sudeshpal said.

Police found CCTV footage in which Faiz was seen with a 10-year-old child who told police that he fell into a water tank on an empty plot on Monday, the SHO said. The body was taken out from the tank on Tuesday, he said.