CHENNAI: A class XII boy drowned in a pond at a stone quarry near Poonamallee on Saturday. According to the police, A Nithish (17), a resident of Choolaimedu and seven of his friends went to the stone quarry at Singarayapuram in Mangadu.
After clicking pictures, the boys gathered around a pond to take bath when Nithish slipped and fell in. "Nithish's friends contacted the fire department, who fished out the body and sent it to a government hospital," said a police officer.