11-year-old Siddharth died in the pool of his apartment complex after his hand got stuck in the air duct.
Siddharth was the son of a software engineer couple. The boy was swimming in the pool of Purva Sunshine Apartment on Sarjapura Road on Thursday when the incident occurred.
According to the police, Siddharth’s hand was sucked in the air duct while others who were swimming with him, tried their best to rescue him.
They soon alerted the other residents, who jumped into the pool and tried to release his hand and even tried to drain the pool, but all in vain.
The boy, after a half an hour struggle, was taken out of the pool and rushed to a private hospital where he was declared as brought dead.
The HSR Layout police have taken up a case of negligence against the builders and maintenance department and are investigating.
Another case
In another incident of drowning, 13-year-old Goutam drowned in a swimming pool belonging to a private school at Chunchaghatta in Subramanyapura near JP Nagar on Thursday noon.
Goutam was a resident of Srinidhi Layout and student of a private school. He was studying in standard 8 in Hosakerehalli.
The Subramanyapura police have arrested the principal of the school on the charges of negligence by school management.
