Boy drowns in a pond in Hyderabad

Four friends were fishing in a pond when a 18-year-old boy drowned in the deep pool in Hyderabad's Medipally area on Tuesday . Professional swimmers and a team of fire department officials rushed to the spot to locate the body.

Hyderabad:An 18-year-old boy drowned in a pond in Hyderabad's Medipally area in the early hours of Tuesday.

"Four friends were fishing in a pond when one Sajid Ali jumped into it. As the water was deep, he drowned," Telangana police said.

Professional swimmers and a team of fire department officials rushed to the spot to locate the body.

"A case was registered under section 174 (police to inquire and report on suicide or unnatural death) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the efforts to locate the body is underway," they added.