Three of Indian-origin family found dead in US

New York, June 24 Three Indian-origin family members have been found dead in the backyard pool of their recently purchased home in New Jersey, police said. Bharat Patel, 62, his 33-year old daughter-in-law Nisha Patel and her 8-year-old daughter, drowned...

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Updated At : 01:26 PM Jun 25, 2020 IST

New York, June 24

Three Indian-origin family members have been found dead in the backyard pool of their recently purchased home in New Jersey, police said.

Bharat Patel, 62, his 33-year old daughter-in-law Nisha Patel and her 8-year-old daughter, drowned accidentally in the above-ground pool in East Brunswick on Monday, police was quoted as saying.

Authorities had been investigating if Bharat, Nisha and her daughter had been electrocuted in the pool, but ruled that out on Tuesday afternoon, the New York Post reported.

Law-enforcement sources said the pool varied in depth, with a deep end or a section in the middle that was several feet, the report said.

Investigators have not determined how all three family members drowned, but were seeking to determine if they were not strong swimmers and panicked when reaching deeper water, it said. — PTI

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