Anine-year-old boy got drowned in a pond located in Heerapur area of the city, informed City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Rakesh Bhatt on Wednesday.
The boy was identified as Ajay Pandit (9) son of Girish Pandit resident of Veer Savarkar Nagar, Hirapur. He had gone to take bath in Jarvay pond along with his friends around 4 pm on Wednesday when the unfortunate incident occurred. Due to heavy rainfall, the water-level in the pond had risen and the boy slipped in the pond, the CSP said.
The friends of the boy who had accompanied him informed his father who rushed to pond and took him out. He was taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, Bhatt added.