BENGALURU: Three high school students who went for a swim in a lake at Gubbi in Tumakuru district, drowned on Wednesday afternoon.
The deceased are Nandan A, a class 8 student of Kallenahalli village, Srinivasa A, a class 9 student from Bengaluru and Darshan B, a class 9 student from N Ramapura. Nandan and Srinivas were studying in Seva Sadan High School while Darshan was in GJC school, Gubbi. They were staying at the SC/ST hostel in the town.
Police said the students did not attend school on Wednesday, instead went to a temple near the lake with two friends around noon. Later, the three boys went for a swim while their friends, Ashok and Megharaj, stayed back at the temple. As the three went deep into the lake, they got caught in the current and drowned, police said. The victims’ parents are daily-wage labourers.
The deceased are Nandan A, a class 8 student of Kallenahalli village, Srinivasa A, a class 9 student from Bengaluru and Darshan B, a class 9 student from N Ramapura. Nandan and Srinivas were studying in Seva Sadan High School while Darshan was in GJC school, Gubbi. They were staying at the SC/ST hostel in the town.
Police said the students did not attend school on Wednesday, instead went to a temple near the lake with two friends around noon. Later, the three boys went for a swim while their friends, Ashok and Megharaj, stayed back at the temple. As the three went deep into the lake, they got caught in the current and drowned, police said. The victims’ parents are daily-wage labourers.
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