In an extremely unfortunate and shocking incident, seven years old Harman Kaur from Hassanpur village in Kharar sub-division of Mohali district lost life after falling into a village pond on Tuesday.
As per villagers, Harman was learning to ride a bicycle, and in the process lost control and fell in the pond at around 3:15 pm. A young girl from the village witnessed the tragedy while returning from college, and called out for help. The villagers reached the spot in five to seven minutes.
“The Police received the call around 3:35 pm. Police and the officers from local administration, including Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Himanshu Jain, rushed to the spot,” said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan.
He said that the immediate rescue operation was initiated.