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Three Eighth-Grade Students Drown in Chittoor Pond

Police have registered a Section 194 BNSS case following revelations that an unmarked six-foot drop-off caught the students off guard

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Overview

  • The students, all in eighth grade, drowned around 11 am on June 5 while swimming during summer vacation in a pond in Motlapalli village of V.Kota Mandal, Chittoor district.
  • Only one of the boys, Kushal, knew how to swim which led the others to cling to him upon reaching a six-foot deep section.
  • Two of the victims, Nikhil and Jagan, were from the same family.
  • Two boys died at the scene and the third succumbed to injuries en route to hospital.
  • Police registered a case under Section 194 of the BNSS as part of an investigation into the accidental deaths.