Police officer ke mutabik, do chhote bhaiyon aur unke ek dost (jinki age lagbhag 8–11 saal thi) ki bodies Thursday subah southwest Delhi ke Dwarka ke ek golf course ke pond se recover ki gayi. Yeh teeno bachche Wednesday ko swimming karte waqt doob gaye the.
Marne waalon ki pehchaan ek 8 saal ke bachche, uske 11 saal ke bhai aur unke 11 saal ke dost ke roop mein hui hai. Dono bhai Goyla Dairy, Qutub Vihar ke rehne wale the, jabki unke dost ka parivaar beghar hai aur JJ colony ke paas footpath par rehta hai.
Police ne kaha ki enquiry shuru kar di gayi hai aur abhi tak kisi bhi tarah ki foul play nahi mili hai. Post-mortem examination Friday subah kiya jayega.
Yeh ghatna Dwarka ke Sector 24 mein DDA ke Golf Course par hui, jo lagbhag 159 acres mein phaila hua hai. Yahan ek water hazard (pond) hai jisme golf tournaments ke liye stakes aur lines lagi hoti hain. Isi jagah se 9–10 ghante baad bodies ko dhoondh kar nikala gaya.
“Thursday subah 7:07 baje Dwarka ke Sector 23 police station ko teen bachchon ke doobne ki incident ki call mili. Wahan pahunchne par pata chala ki teeno bachche pond ke andar doobe hue mile. Fire brigade ki madad se teeno ko paani se bahar nikala gaya,” Dwarka ke deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Kushal Pal Singh ne bataya.
DCP ne yeh bhi kaha ki bachchon ke kapde pond ke bahar mile, aur yeh shak hai ki woh swimming ke liye pond mein gaye the aur accidently doob gaye.
Officer ne bataya ki dono bhaiyon ki pehchaan unke pita ne ki, jo police se contact karke unki bodies lene aaye the. Police ne yeh bhi kaha ki unke dost ke pita ek vagabond hain aur balloons bech kar guzara karte hain.DCP ne kaha, “Koi formal missing persons complaint register nahi hui thi. Lekin hamari primary enquiry se pata chala ki yeh bachche Wednesday shaam se hi missing the.”
Police ke mutabik, shak hai ki bachche lagbhag raat 8–9 baje pond mein gaye the. Ek officer ne bataya, “Lagta hai bachchon ko swimming nahi aati thi. Woh sirf nahane ke liye gaye the. Pond lagbhag 10 feet gehra tha aur uska edge slanted tha, jis wajah se unke liye bahar nikalna mushkil ho gaya hoga.”
Jab yeh poocha gaya ki bachche golf course mein chupke kaise ghus gaye aur pond tak kaise pahunch gaye, toh officer ne bataya ki police ne night duty guards se poochtaach ki, lekin unhe kisi trespass ya drowning ke baare mein pata nahi tha.Officer ne kaha, “Main gate se lagbhag ek kilometre door ek elevated road hai jahan ek bada ped deewar ke paas se nikalta hai. Ho sakta hai bachche us par chadhkar raat mein golf course ke andar ghus gaye ho. Is deewar par koi CCTV nahi hai. Hum aas-paas ke CCTV check kar rahe hain.”
Police ne HT ko bataya ki yeh dono bhai hi ek dusre ke sirf siblings the. Unki maa house help ka kaam karti hain, jabki pita berozgaar hain. Ek officer ne kaha, “Parivaar ke ek member ne hume bataya ki yeh teeno ladke kai saalon se ek dusre ko jaante the aur aksar paas ke paani ke sroton (water bodies) mein swimming karne jaya karte the.”
DDA ne ek statement jari karke kaha ki is ghatna ki jaanch ke liye ek committee banayi gayi hai.
“DDA director ke under ek teen-sadasya (three-member) committee banayi gayi hai jo is incident ki enquiry karegi aur ek hafte ke andar apni report submit karegi. Enquiry ke findings ke basis par zarurat ke hisaab se sakht action liya jayega.”
Isi tarah ka ek incident 2023 mein bhi hua tha, jab golf course construction mein tha. Teen aadmi, jo deewar par chadhkar guards se bachkar andar ghus gaye the, wahi same pond tak pahunch gaye aur doob gaye.
Unki pehchaan Qutub Vihar ke residents ke roop mein hui thi.
Jab 2023 ke incident aur uske baad liye gaye actions ke baare mein poocha gaya, toh DDA ke spokesperson ne comment karne se mana kar diya.
Ek officer ne HT ko bataya ki police ne 2023 mein DDA ko low-height boundary wall se hone wale risk ke baare mein likha tha. “Humne DDA se kaha tha ki us deewar ki height badhayi jaye,” officer ne add kiya.
