BENGALURU: A 17-year-old I PU student drowned in a farm pond on Kanakashree Jnanadeepa PU College premises in Devanahalli on Sunday.
The deceased is Hanumantu, a resident of Savanur in Koppal district and inmate of the college hostel in Devanahalli. He had joined the college and come to town only 20 days ago. According to police, the incident took place around 11am when he went to the farm pond to wash his clothes. He fell inside accidentally and though other students and locals managed to fish him out, he had breathed his last by then.
Devanahalli police shifted the body to a mortuary. Hanumantu’s relatives came to Devanahalli on Monday and held talks with the college management. Police said they are waiting for a formal complaint from the boy’s parents to register a case. “We may register an unnatural death case if there are no allegations against anyone,” said a police officer. tnn
