DU student drowns in pool at Gurgaon farmhouse

The deceased, Ishan Aggarwal, was a B.Com student at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce. He lived with his family in Delhi’s Anand Vihar.

His father Anil Aggarwal, an advocate, told police that his son went for a get-together with 30-40 friends at Green Orchid Farms in Gurgaon’s Sector 67. “My wife received a phone call from one of his friends that they were at Medanta Hospital and I immediately rushed there… I met the duty doctor in the emergency ward and he told me my son had been brought dead by his friend and others…,” he alleged, as per the FIR.

“There was no swimming coach or lifesaving equipment. (His friend) said they found Ishan missing and started looking for him… They found him in the swimming pool and pulled him out. He was unconscious and they tried to give him first aid… before rushing him to the hospital,” the FIR alleged.

Police said they have lodged a case against the farmhouse owner under section 304A (causing death by negligence) and are investigating the matter. They have asked the farmhouse owner and management to produce relevant documents and join the probe.

Responding to the allegations, Sandeep Singh, owner of Orchid Green Farms, claimed, “We are all saddened because of the incident but there was no negligence from our side. The students had only booked a small ground area and were not allowed to use the pool… On Saturday, when they came, it was raining and the pool was closed. We have instructors and inflatable boards and rings. They (students) were escorted inside… but a few of them managed to get into the pool. When the boy was drowning, the other students should have informed us. Staff was inside but the students didn’t tell anyone and rushed their friend to the hospital…”