A 10-year-old boy died after he fell on the engine shaft through a gap on the boat he was travelling in. The Nhava Sheva police have registered an FIR against the owner of the passenger that runs ferry services from JNPT jetty to Gateway of India.

He has been booked for alleged negligence and causing the death of the 10-year-old, a Times of India report read. The deceased Karandeep Singh, son of an Air Force sergeant, was travelling on the boat with his father Harvinder Singh, 35, and brother Arjundeep, 7, on January 25. After the boat navigated a distance of 2km, around 10.45am, Karandeep fell and got stuck in the engine shaft and sustained severe head injuries. He was rushed to Bhauchha Dhakka on a speedboat and then to Ashwini Indian Navy Hospital at Colaba. However, he succumbed to his injuries the next day.