A person who may be viewed as responsible for not locking up a Bnei Brak mikvah on erev Yom Kippur has been sent to house arrest. The ongoing police investigation addresses the fatal drowning of a small child on Yom Kippur as she and her brother entered the premises which remained unlocked.

Police released the body of the child from a possible autopsy and the levaya took place after Yom Kippur. The person responsible for the mikve was questioned by police �under warning� and released to house arrest. The mikve on Neufeld Street was ordered shut for 30 days.

According to a Yated Neeman report, the doors of the mikvah were actually locked on erev Yom Kippur but someone broke in. Police are checking into that report.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)