Deepak, 3, was playing outside the DDA flats in Timarpur when the gate fell on him and his friend.
A three-year-old boy died and his friend was critically injured on Monday when an iron gate at a north Delhi residential complex installed and 'inaugurated' just a day ago by a local politician fell on them.
Deepak and Pawan were playing outside the DDA flats in the Timarpur area of north Delhi when the gate fell on them.
A passerby saw them trapped under the gate and alerted the residents. The two children were then rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared Deepak dead. Pawan is said to be critical.
The police are trying to trace the contractor of the Central Public Works Department, who is on the run. Residents alleged that the gate had been put up shoddily, in a hurry, to get it ready for a grand 'launch' - as part of the ribbon-cutting spree by politicians ahead of Delhi polls in December.
The police have registered a case of causing death due to negligence.