Mangalore : A holiday declared for schools on July 5, Friday in view of heavy rains and floods turned tragic when a 12 year old boy named Ankith drowned in an unused well near Kandevu at Padil Kodakkal.
The mishap occurred when Ankith along with some neighbouring boys had been to the well for a bath. It is learnt, Ankiths mother Nandini was away at her work place when he left home. Though the other boys who knew swimming managed to come out, Ankith was caught in the slush. Moreover, it is learnt, he also did not know swimming. A local youth had jumped into the well to save Ankith but of no avail as the boy had died by the time he was brought out of the well.
Ankith who was an eighth standard student in a local school, had lost his father when he was just eight months old.
Mangalore Rural police are conducting investigations.