The search operation started right from the point where he fell upto Madivala Lake.

BBMP Commissioner Bharatlal Meena visited the bereaved family Friday.

But Vijay's parents - Lakshamma and Vardharaju - were distraught.

'I want to see my boy,' screamed Lakshamma.

Vijay is the second boy to die in the last few months after falling in a drain.

The tragedy bears uncanny resemblance to that of six-year-old Abhishek Prakash, who too fell into an open drain May 31. His body has still not been found.

The entire episode has brought to light the callous attitude of Bangalore's civic authorities in failing to fence the open storm water drains that dot the city.