An 18-month-old boy in Bhandup reportedly fell into an open, waterlogged gutter near his home and died. The incident has sparked anger among residents, who allege that despite repeated complaints to BMC officials about the choked and overflowing gutter, no action was taken. The boy, Krishna Gupta, went missing on November 10, and his family, in a frantic search, discovered his body in the gutter near Maurya Hall, Gavdevi. Efforts to revive him at the hospital were in vain, with doctors declaring him dead on arrival.

The parents of the boy approached the police station, reporting their one-and-a-half-year-old son missing. “The parents said their son, Krishna Gupta, was missing from their residence. Upon checking, a relative of the victim found him in a gutter near Maurya Hall in Bhandup. He was rushed to the hospital; however, doctors declared him dead before admission. We have registered an accidental death report in this matter,” said a police officer.