Joke backfired on victims

The note is currently in the custody of the Katargam police, who retrieved it from one of Prashant8217;s exercise books.

Based on the interrogation of the three original survivors of the escapade, the police has reconstructed the sequence of events. According to the boys, in the first week of June 8212; when the monsoon had not set in 8212; they had bathed in the lake, which was two to three feet deep them. On Wednesday, they returned, only to see the danger8217; board put up by the Surat Municipal Corporation.

8220;In a bid to ridicule the warning and make fun of the whole system, the boys pulled out a notebook and wrote the note before going in8221;, said Patel. While four boys just had a wash and came out, the others went right in. Just one 8212; Shakti Raj Murali 8212; managed to come out.

Dismissing suggestions that the note might have been a 8220;built-up story8221; to save the necks of certain officials, Patel said, 8220;It sounds incredible, but that is exactly what happened.8221;