MAPUSA: In an unfortunate incident, a nine-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool of a resort in Calangute late Wednesday evening, police said.
Calangute Police have booked the management of the resort for dereliction of duty.
The minor boy along with his parents and other relatives had come on a holiday and staying in a resort in Calangute.
“On Wednesday the family first went for sightseeing during the day and returned late in the evening and decided to go into the swimming pool,” PI Jivba Dalvi said.
“The boy behind his parents back slipped into the swimming pool and drowned,” he added.
After receiving a call from the Candolim primary health centre, police rushed to the resort and conducted the panchanama of the scene.
The Calangute PI informed an offence was registered against the management of the resort under section 304-A IPC for negligence by not providing a pool attendant or life gaurd.
The post mortem has been conducted and the body has been handed over to the parents.
Further investigation is in progress.
