A 19-year-old youth drowned at Khatlapura area under Jehangirabad police station area on Thursday, deceased went for immersion of ashes of paternal grandmother.
According to the police a youth drowned at lower lake who came to attend rituals of his grandmother on Thursday. The deceased came to the spot along with the family members to attend rituals of his paternal grandmother who died 10 days ago in Nariyalkheda.
Investigating Officer Sub Inspector Rajendra Singh said that the deceased Anudeep Singh and was pursuing his Bachelors in Science from a private college.
At around 10 am deceased went inside water to take a bath during the rituals but slipped and started drowning. After spotting Anudeep drowning his brother and two others at the spot but failed to save him. later the body was fished out by divers.
The deceased came to the lower lake to immerse ashes of his grandmother during which he drowned. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
Police were informed and based on the information a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation. The deceased didn’t know swimming which caused his death while his relatives accompanying him were not well-versed in swimming.