New Delhi:

An 11-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool run by the wives of two police officers in outer-north Delhi’s Alipur area, officials said on Wednesday.

Family members of the boy alleged foul play in the incident and held a protest outside Alipur police station on Wednesday, police said.

Investigations so far have not suggested any foul play but investigations are underway, they said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (outer-north) Ravi Singh said a case under section 304A (death by negligence) has been registered.

According to another officer, the incident took place on May 14 when the boy, his father and other teenagers were swimming in the pool.

His father came out to attend an emergency phone call but when he went back, spotted his son was in the deep end of the pool and motionless, the officer said. The boy was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead, he said.

The officer said family members of the victim held a protest outside Alipur police station, saying there was foul play in the boy’s death. He said that no foul play has been found so far in the probe, but added that the pool being run in an “unauthorised manner”.

It has been found that the pool was being run in a joint venture by the wives of an assistant commissioner of police (ACP) and a sub-inspector (SI) of Delhi Police, he said.

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Panaji:

A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool located in a residential complex near Panaji during a birthday party, police said today.

The incident occurred on Wednesday, they said.

“The boy, Daksh Mauskar, who lived at Valpoi village in North Goa, had come to Old Goa village along with his parents to celebrate the birthday of their family friend. When the celebration was on at the club house of the residential complex, the boy went to the swimming pool and fell into it without anyone noticing him,” a senior official from the Old Goa police station said.

“When Daksh was not found around, his parents initially thought that he must be playing with other children. However, he was later found in the swimming pool. He was pulled out and found to be unconscious,” he added.

The child was then rushed to a nearby private hospital and later shifted to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim, where he was declared dead.

The police have registered a case of accidental death and investigation into the case is on, the police official said.
 

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