Teen drowns while swimming in pond at Ashoka Park

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New Delhi, Updated At : 08:32 AM Jul 12, 2025 IST

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A 17-year-old boy drowned while swimming in a pond at Ashoka Park in southeast Delhi’s New Friends Colony area, the police said on Friday.

The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon when the teenager, identified as Salman, a resident of Kastbadda village in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, went to the park with some acquaintances.

"A PCR call was received regarding the drowning incident, following which a police team rushed to the spot," an officer said. The police said the boy had recently arrived in Delhi to meet his father, who works as a labourer and stays in a rented accommodation

in Khijrabad.

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