Youth drowns in temple pond in Bundi

Kota: An 18-year-old youth drowned in a pond at Kundeshwar Mahadev temple near Jajawar village under Nainwa police station area of Bundi district on Sunday morning. The youth was bathing on the stairs near the pond when he accidentally slipped into the water.

The deceased was identified as Vikram Singh, son of Gopal Singh, resident of Kachola village under Hindoli police station in Bundi district.

The family of the deceased had come to Kundeshwar Mahadev temple to offer puja, police said. While the deceased and his father were taking bath on the stairs before offering puja, the boy accidentally slipped into the pond and drowned. Police rushed to the spot and with the help of locals fished out the body around an hour later.