Villupuram (Tamil Nadu), Jan 30 (PTI) Tragedy struck a family of four when a six-year-old girl died due to drowning in a resort swimming pool near Marakkanam, during her birthday celebration, police said on Thursday.

The girl spent some time at the swimming pool at a resort along with her parents and ten-year-old brother. After some time, her mother took her back to the room. But the girl returned to the swimming pool, slipped and fell into it, said police.

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Security guards present near the pool rescued the child and she was rushed to a private hospital in Ganapathichettikulam near Puducherry border where the doctors declared her ‘brought dead,' police said.

The Kottakuppam police, who have registered a case, said the girl's father Sushanth Thoubal, hailing from Uttarakhand, was working at a firm in Bengaluru. He had taken his family to Puducherry on January 26 on a holiday.

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