Maharashtra: Toddler drowns in swimming pool of bungalow in Lonavala during birthday celebrations

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A two-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of a bungalow in Maharashtra's Lonavala. The Bunglow was booked by his family members who had gathered to celebrate his birthday, police said on Tuesday, according to the PTI.

The incident took place on July 13, when a Nashik-based family had reached booked to celebrate the child's second birthday, an official from Lonavala police station said, as per the PTI.

"The parents and other family members were busy on the first floor of the bungalow, when the toddler fell in the swimming pool outside the bungalow," he said.

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It took the family members 10 to 15 minutes to realise that the boy was missing, and after a frantic search, they found him in the pool, the official said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered in this regard.

(with PTI inputs)