The carelessness of the quarry owners claimed my son's life, he said.
The water pit was dry a few days ago but due to recent rains, the 10 feet pit was filled with water. So, the students planned to swim in the pit. (Representational image)
Hyderabad: Degree student Md Aslam, 19, a good swimmer, went to one of the quarries at Devendranagar to swim along with his cousin, engineering student Md Rahim on October 18.They had gone to the quarry with four friends, who did not know swimming. Aslam entered the lake first. After swimming for some time, he started drowning.
“Rahim who was standing on the bank jumped in to rescue Aslam but he also drowned,” one of their friends said. They called a person who was fishing nearby, and pulled out both the youths.
“We rushed them to hospital but they were already dead,” he said. Aslam was the only son of Yasin, a carpenter in Jeedimetla. “The carelessness of the quarry owners claimed my son's life,” he said.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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