BENGALURU: Two pre-teen boys drowned in separate swimming pools in the space of an hour on Thursday afternoon in Bengaluru, underlining the poor state of monitoring and regulation of children's favourite summer sport.
In the first incident, Gautham Prabhakar, 12, drowned around 1.45pm in his school pool in south Bengaluru. Less than an hour later, Siddharth Nambiar, 11, drowned in the pool of his upscale apartment complex in south-east Bengaluru when his right hand got stuck in a suction line underwater. Both boys were only child of their parents.
Gautham had come for a swim with two friends at the pool owned by Glitzy Public School, off JP Nagar. He swam for about 40 minutes before moving towards the deeper end of the pool. The boy, in the pool for the second consecutive day, began drowning of exhaustion.
None noticed Gautham drowning. The lone coach and two lifeguards were not around. A few minutes later, the boy's body bobbed up to the surface.
Siddharth, son of software professional Jayaprakash and teacher Preethi Nambiar, was in his apartment pool with friends, and his grandfather was around.
Sources said the boy didn't heed to his maid's calls to come out of the pool, and she went out on errands. By the time she returned after a few minutes, the boy was not in the pool, triggering off a frantic search.
Sources said the boy didn't heed to his maid's calls to come out of the pool, and she went out on errands. By the time she returned after a few minutes, the boy was not in the pool, triggering off a frantic search.
There was no security guard or lifeguard near the pool. Other boys and guards who rushed to the spot noticed that Siddharth had hit the pool floor with his hand stuck in the suction duct. It is suspected the cover of the duct had been removed.
After efforts to free the boy's hand failed, they called in the fire brigade. Two fire tenders drained out the pool water and found the boy dead. The boy's hand was freed with great force and the body retrieved
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In the first incident, Gautham Prabhakar, 12, drowned around 1.45pm in his school pool in south Bengaluru. Less than an hour later, Siddharth Nambiar, 11, drowned in the pool of his upscale apartment complex in south-east Bengaluru when his right hand got stuck in a suction line underwater. Both boys were only child of their parents.
Gautham had come for a swim with two friends at the pool owned by Glitzy Public School, off JP Nagar. He swam for about 40 minutes before moving towards the deeper end of the pool. The boy, in the pool for the second consecutive day, began drowning of exhaustion.
None noticed Gautham drowning. The lone coach and two lifeguards were not around. A few minutes later, the boy's body bobbed up to the surface.
Siddharth, son of software professional Jayaprakash and teacher Preethi Nambiar, was in his apartment pool with friends, and his grandfather was around.
Sources said the boy didn't heed to his maid's calls to come out of the pool, and she went out on errands. By the time she returned after a few minutes, the boy was not in the pool, triggering off a frantic search.
Sources said the boy didn't heed to his maid's calls to come out of the pool, and she went out on errands. By the time she returned after a few minutes, the boy was not in the pool, triggering off a frantic search.
There was no security guard or lifeguard near the pool. Other boys and guards who rushed to the spot noticed that Siddharth had hit the pool floor with his hand stuck in the suction duct. It is suspected the cover of the duct had been removed.
After efforts to free the boy's hand failed, they called in the fire brigade. Two fire tenders drained out the pool water and found the boy dead. The boy's hand was freed with great force and the body retrieved
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Boy dies in pool with hand stuck in duct
Siddharth, after a half-an-hour struggle, was taken out of the pool and rushed to a private hospital where he was declared as brought dead.
11-year-old Siddharth died in the pool of his apartment complex after his hand got stuck in the air duct.
Siddharth was the son of a software engineer couple. The boy was swimming in the pool of Purva Sunshine Apartment on Sarjapura Road on Thursday when the incident occurred.
According to the police, Siddharth’s hand was sucked in the air duct while others who were swimming with him, tried their best to rescue him.
They soon alerted the other residents, who jumped into the pool and tried to release his hand and even tried to drain the pool, but all in vain.
The boy, after a half an hour struggle, was taken out of the pool and rushed to a private hospital where he was declared as brought dead.
The HSR Layout police have taken up a case of negligence against the builders and maintenance department and are investigating.
Another case
In another incident of drowning, 13-year-old Goutam drowned in a swimming pool belonging to a private school at Chunchaghatta in Subramanyapura near JP Nagar on Thursday noon.
Goutam was a resident of Srinidhi Layout and student of a private school. He was studying in standard 8 in Hosakerehalli.
The Subramanyapura police have arrested the principal of the school on the charges of negligence by school management.
