KOLKATA: Two boys aged 14 drowned in a pond near their homes in Alipore around 4pm on Monday. Best friends Raj Modak and Ramendra Chowdhury had finished playing and wanted to freshen up in the pond in Vidyasagar Colony off DL Khan Road, said cops.
Modak, a resident of Dhirendra Nath Ghosh Road, and Chowdhury, a resident of Asutosh Mukherjee Road, were declared brought dead at SSKM Hospital.
“They were playing near the pond. Then one of them stepped towards the bank to feed the fish, something they did regularly. He suddenly fell into the water and cried for help. Seeing his friend in trouble, the other boy jumped in. But he failed to drag his friend out and himself drowned. A woman noticed them and asked locals for help. They alerted cops, who took help from fire brigade and the disaster management group to recover the bodies. The post-mortem will be conducted soon,” said an officer.
