Vadodara: A class XII boy drowned in Mahisagar River near the check dam in Sindhrot on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said that the deceased Jatin alias Sanskar Rajput, who lives in Nani Chhipwad in the old city area, had gone to Sindhrot with his two friends on Tuesday noon. Rajput’s friends told the police that he went to swim in the waters, but got drowned where the water was deep. The locals tried to search for him, but they found his body sometime later.
Sources said that Rajput had recently cleared class XI exam from Sayaji High School and was planning to take admission in some other school. A case of accidental death was registered at Vadodara taluka police station.tnn