A three-year-old girl died of suffocation after falling into a 10-feet deep pit near her house, excavated for a sewer line in Ahmedabad’s Vatva.

The family of the girl has alleged that the contractor and corrupt officials of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) are responsible for the mishap.

The family also alleged that the police were not cooperative, and their complaint was not registered.

Despite several calls to fill up the pit once the work was completed, both AMC and the contractor failed to do so, the family said. Subsequently, while playing, the baby girl fell into the pit and lost her life.

The family claimed that when they approached the police, the PI did not file their complaint, and they were verbally abused at the police station.

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