Minor Boy Drowns in Water-Filled Pit at Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad Now
Two Youngsters Drown in Farm Well in Asifabad
Hyderabad: A six year-old boy drowned in a water-filled pit at an under-construction house at Jubilee Hills on Tuesday.
The child Vivek was playing around when he slipped and got drowned in the pit dug up to lay foundation pillars. Due to the heavy rains, water had accumulated in the pit.
Neighbors on being alerted by family members pulled out the boy. However, he died.
The Jubilee Hills police reached the spot and shifted the body for postmortem examination to the mortuary.
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