Boy, 5, Drowns In Swimming Pool Of Gurugram Society, 2 Trainers Arrested

A five-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool of a residential complex in Gurugram's sector 37, the police said. The incident took place yesterday in BPTP Park Serene in Gurugram.

Mivansh Singla was accompanied by his grandmother to the children's swimming pool which was 1.5 feet deep, his grandfather said in a police complaint. The boy's grandmother later went back to the flat to get things for Mivansh but he (grandfather) got a call from his wife that the boy had been taken to a hospital. The doctors later declared him dead, the police said.

The society club has three different swimming pools with varying depths. The boy drowned in a 4 feet deep pool. The boy's grandfather alleged that his grandson died due to the negligence of lifeguards, security guards, security supervisor, swimming pool operator and company management.