A 15-year-old boy who jumped into a trench to show his five friends how he swam drowned as they helplessly looked on at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Aarey Colony, Goregaon (East), on Saturday. His body was fished out several hours later around midnight.
The deceased identified as Vishal Ambore took his friends to the spot. Ambore jumped into the trench, which was 15-20 feet deep and swam for a minute. The boy drowned immediately, and his friends continued to watch it in horror.
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“He could not swim much and drowned as his friends looked in horror and tried to save him by using a stick. There was no one nearby who could have rescued him,” said senior inspector Vijaylaxmi Hiremath. As Ambore was drowning, his friends got scared and ran off home. Ambore’s parents were later intimated, who filed a complaint with Powai police station.
The Powai police alerted Aarey police and fire brigade, who brought out the body at 11.15pm. A case of accidental death has been recorded.
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