War of words continues over deaths of mother, son who drowned in a drain

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) engaged in a fresh tussle over the death of a woman and her child by drowning after falling into a waterlogged drain in Ghazipur, near the Mayur Vihar area of East Delhi, following heavy rainfall in the national capital.

The incident took place on Wednesday.

In a statement issued on Friday, the LG Secretariat claimed that the drain in which the unfortunate incident of drowning happened at Khoda Colony belonged to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi under the control of AAP. "The 1,000-metre drain was neither de-silted nor covered," the statement said.

The statement came hours after Delhi Environment Minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai criticised the Centre on Friday and called for action against Delhi Development Authority (DDA) workers.