Special child drowns in pond

Tribune News Service

Mohali, June 27

An eight-year-old specially abled boy drowned in a seasonal pond at Badhmajra village last evening. The body was taken out this morning.

The victim has been identified as Krishna, alias Titu, son of a migrant labourer, Shri Ram, from Uttar Pradesh.

Krishna was playing with other children when he volunteered to bring out a bird’s egg from the swamp. However, he got stuck there and later drowned in the pond.

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