Mumbai: 2 Schoolboys Drown While Swimming in Water Tank in Goregaon’s Aarey Colony
Two schoolboys aged 13 and 15 drowned while swimming in a water tank at a cattle shed in Gautam Nagar, Aarey Colony, Goregaon East, around noon on Friday, civic officials said. Fire brigade personnel rescued Zaib Patel and Nakhib Patel and took them to Trauma Care Hospital, where doctors declared them ‘brought dead’. Both studied at Jogeshwari Gunfa English Medium Secondary School.
Two boys aged 13 and 15 drowned while swimming in a water tank at a cattle shed in suburban Goregaon East on Friday, August 21, civic officials said. The incident took place in Gautam Nagar in Aarey Colony around 12 noon, according to officials. The boys were later identified as Zaib Patel (15), a Class 10 student, and Nakhib Patel (13), a Class 9 student.
Fire brigade personnel rescued the boys and rushed them to Trauma Care Hospital, where doctors declared them ‘brought dead’, officials said. Both boys studied at Jogeshwari Gunfa English Medium Secondary School. The school principal said they were absent from classes on Friday. Aksa Beach Tragedy: 17-Year-Old College Student Feared Drowned in Mumbai; Search Operation Underway (Watch Video).
2 Schoolboys Drown While Swimming in Water Tank in Mumbai
Two schoolboys, aged 15 and 13, drowned while swimming in a water tank at a cattle shed near Modern Bakery Junction in Aarey Colony, Goregaon East, Mumbai. BMC fire brigade personnel rescued them and shifted them to Trauma Care Hospital, where both were declared brought dead: BMC pic.twitter.com/Wy83tZJWxl
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2 Schoolboys Drown While Swimming in Water Tank in Aarey Colony
The drowning was reported around noon in Gautam Nagar, an area within Aarey Colony in Goregaon East. According to civic officials, the boys had entered a water tank located at a cattle shed to swim when the incident occurred. The circumstances that led to the drowning were not immediately clear.
Fire brigade personnel responded to the incident and rescued both boys from the water tank. They were subsequently taken to Trauma Care Hospital for medical treatment. However, doctors declared both boys ‘brought dead’, according to civic officials.
Zaib Patel, 15, was a Class 10 student, while Nakhib Patel, 13, was studying in Class 9. Both were students of Jogeshwari Gunfa English Medium Secondary School. The school's principal confirmed that the boys were enrolled at the school and said both were absent from classes on Friday.
The incident has raised concerns over access to an open water tank at a cattle shed in a residential area. Further details about the circumstances surrounding the drowning, including how the boys entered the tank and whether safety measures were in place, were not immediately available. Authorities are expected to establish the sequence of events as part of the investigation.
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