Teen drowns in pond

KOLKATA: The body of an 18-year-old student was found floating in a pond at Dum Dum Park near Lake Town on Saturday afternoon. Police have registered an unnatural death case.
The victim, identified as Ayandeep Mallick, was a Class XII student and a resident of Battala in Kolkata. He had come to the No. 2 Tank area in Dum Dum Park to attend coaching classes.
Around 2.30 pm, locals found him floating in a pond near the No. 2 Tank and informed police. A team from Lake Town police station brought the boy out of the pond and took him to a local nursing home, where he was declared dead. Prima facie, police rule out foul play and suspect the boy drowned when he went to take a bath in the pond. "No complaint was lodged by the victim's family. The body was sent for autopsy and a probe has been started," said Rajib Dhar, the OC of Lake Town police station.