Hyderabad, Oct 13 (PTI) A 21-year-old student of theUniversity of Hyderabad (UoH) here "drowned" in a pond on thecampus premises, police said today.
The incident occurred around 9 pm yesterday when AkashSen Gupta, a first semester MA sociology student along withsix other students went to Mushroom Rocks on the campus andapparently decided to go for swimming at one of the ponds,they said.
"At around 2100 hours his friends found Akash missing.
They searched for him and found him in the pond andimmediately shifted him to a private hospital for treatmentwhere he was declared brought dead by the doctors," GachibowliPolice Station Inspector S Chandrakanth said.
Asked on reports that the deceased was allegedly in aninebriated state when the incident occurred, the policeofficial said "we don't know but the group had consumedliquor."A case was registered and further probe is on. PTI VVKRMT.
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