A 42-year-old theater artist who played the role of 'Birsa Munda' in the Tribal Pride Day drowned while swimming in a 16 feet deep swimming pool in the Tulsi Nagar area on Thursday.
The accident happened while swimming at Taran Pushkar swimming pool. Ramesh Ahir resident of Jaibhim Nagar, Bhopal, was a freelance artist.
He was swimming in the swimming pool of Prakash Taran Pushkar at 10.30 am on Thursday and when he started drowning, the guard pulled him out after hearing the commotion. Gave him Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and later rushed him to JP hospital, where he died.
Ramesh's wife Sunita is a painter and also works as Anganwadi worker. She has gone to Mumbai with son Saksham.
On November 15, on Tribal Pride Day, artist Ramesh Ahir played the character of Birsa Munda in the play 'Birsa Munda' organized at Shaheed Bhawan.
Ramesh had taken membership in Prakash Taran Pushkar located in Tulsi Nagar to learn swimming on October 06. He used to come daily with his 15-year-old son Saksham to learn swimming.
On Wednesday the son went to Mumbai for the audition of the TV show with his mother due to which Ramesh reached alone for swimming. He was learning how to swim in the pool and suddenly started drowning.
Pool manager RS Kirar says that spotting Ramesh drowning, the safety guard pulled him out.
After this he was given CPR. Ramesh Ahir was associated with the Rang Mohalla Society for Art and scheduled to stage play on November 22 in Jaipur.
Relatives of Ramesh have alleged that due to negligence on Prakash Taran Pushkar management he died as when the pool management is claiming that guards were present, then how did he drown. Taran Pushkar has been closed after the incident.