Hyderabad man drowns while fishing in Baswapur Reservoir
A police patrol team rushed to the reservoir and launched a search operation, during which the man’s body was retrieved from the water.Preliminary investigation revealed that Junaid had gone to the reservoir with friends for fishing. Police said he and two others had entered the water when his leg became entangled in an object beneath the surface. Unable to free himself, he lost his balance and drowned.The body was shifted to the Government General Hospital, Bhongir, for post-mortem.
- ▪A police patrol team rushed to the reservoir and launched a search operation, during which the man’s body was retrieved from the water.Preliminary investigation revealed that Junaid had gone to the reservoir with friends for fishing.
- ▪Police said he and two others had entered the water when his leg became entangled in an object beneath the surface.
- ▪Unable to free himself, he lost his balance and drowned.The body was shifted to the Government General Hospital, Bhongir, for post-mortem.
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A 39-year-old man from Hyderabad drowned while fishing in the Baswapuram Reservoir in Bhongir on Sunday afternoon after his leg allegedly got entangled underwater.The deceased was identified as Mohammed Naeem Shasha Junaid, a driver and a resident of Banjara Hills.According to an officer from the Bhongir Rural Police, the Dial 100 control room received information about the incident at around 12 noon. A police patrol team rushed to the reservoir and launched a search operation, during which the man’s body was retrieved from the water.Preliminary investigation revealed that Junaid had gone to the reservoir with friends for fishing. Police said he and two others had entered the water when his leg became entangled in an object beneath the surface.
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