Hyderabad: Two school students drowned in a pond at Dabilpur village under Yellampeta municipality in Medchal on Saturday evening. According to police, the incident occurred between 4 pm and 5 pm when a group of six friends went to the pond. While four of them remained at a distance, the two deceased — identified as Uman, 14, a class 9 student from Munirabad, and Muzzamil, 13, a class 7 student studying at a govt school in Dabilpur — entered the water for a swim.“The two boys who drowned, Uman and Muzzamil, did not know how to swim. Soon after, they began to struggle in the water. On noticing this, locals rushed to their rescue and managed to pull them out of the pond. They were immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared both of them brought dead,” said A Satyanarayana, station house officer, Medchal police station. A probe is underway.tnn
