Two 13-year-old cousins drown in Chittoor pond
Two cousins, both aged 13, died after reportedly falling into a pond near Santhapeta in Chittoor, police said. The boys were reported missing in the afternoon and were later found by local residents. One was dead when recovered, while the other died on the way to a government hospital.
Two 13-year-old cousins died after reportedly drowning in a pond near Santhapeta in Chittoor on Wednesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Balaji and Hari, who came from Chavutapalle and Mangasamudram villages in Chittoor Rural. They were students in Classes VI and VII at the Municipal Corporation School in Vijayalakshmi Colony.
Family members reported the boys missing at about 4 p.m. Relatives and local residents began searching for them and later found them in the pond near Ramachandra Mission, according to the police account. Local residents pulled both boys from the water.
One of them was reportedly dead by then. The second boy was taken to the Government Hospital, but died while being transported there. YSRCP Chittoor in-charge M.
Vijayanandareddy reached the location after learning about the incident and informed officials, the report said. He also joined the rescue effort. The supplied report does not state how the boys entered the pond or whether any witnesses saw them fall.
It also does not provide details about the pond’s safety arrangements or any official response beyond the police investigation. Police have registered a case. The report does not specify the sections invoked or indicate whether any further inquiry findings have been released.
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