Nine-year-old boy drowned in swimming pool in Kokapet

HYDERABAD: A student of class IX died after falling into the swimming pool of an apartment (gated community) in Kokapet, leaving his parents in sorrow.

A family arrived at the relatives' house in Kokapet on Saturday afternoon. While all the kids were playing near a swimming pool, one among them named Shyam suddenly drowned in the pool and slipped into unconsciousness.

As the boy was not seen for a long time, parents and relatives searched the area. It was the parents who eventually found the boy in the swimming pool and rushed him to the hospital. However, Shyam was pronounced dead while receiving treatment in the hospital.

It is learned that Shyam's family hails from Vijayawada who came to Hyderabad on Saturday.