Boy drowns in water tank in Modasa village

Palanpur: An eight-year-old drowned in an open water tank in Dadhaliya village about 17km from Modasa town of Aravalli district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Mihir Pranami.
According to village sarpanch Bhanu Pandya, the boy had gone missing since afternoon on Sunday. During search, his body was found floating in water tank outside his house. He was rushed to a private hospital in Modasa where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
The boy studying in class III was only son of Yogesh Pramani, who is currently working as a surveyor in a private factory located in Korba district on Chhattisgarh. But due to lockdown Yogesh won’t be able to attend the last rites of his only son, said Pandya.

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