Woman tricks police into cleaning drain by falsely claiming her son had fallen into it

An unusual episode in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut this week has sparked debate on civic neglect and the misuse of emergency services after a woman allegedly misled police and municipal teams to clean a long-neglected open drain.

On Monday, February 2, police received a distress call from a woman who claimed that her child had fallen into a severely clogged open drainage channel in the TP Nagar area. Responding immediately, local police and sanitation workers launched a full-scale search and rescue operation that lasted nearly three hours.

Three Hours Rescue Operation

Officials deployed heavy machinery, including JCB excavators, and worked alongside municipal teams to dig through years of accumulated garbage, sludge, and debris in an effort to locate the alleged victim.

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Police personnel also conducted inquiries in nearby neighbourhoods to determine if anyone was truly missing.

Drain Fully Cleaned

However, after a thorough search, no person was found in the drain. Authorities later concluded that the call was false, made deliberately, to force action on a drainage problem that residents have long been complaining about without success.

The event has since gone viral on social media, with users expressing mixed reactions. Some described the woman’s action as an extreme expression of frustration over civic neglect, while others criticised it as irresponsible and a waste of emergency resources. 

Local officials are reportedly reviewing the matter and have indicated that action may be taken for misleading emergency services and misusing public time and resources.