Manipur youth drowns in Delhi's lake
Source: The Sangai Express / Hindustan Times
New Delhi, August 21 2017:
A youth out on a morning walk with his friends drowned at Hauz Khas lake after allegedly jumping in to take a dip.
The 21-year-old named Horthan had come to Delhi from Manipur last month in search of a job.
Delhi Police said they are probing if it is a case of suicide .
Around 6 am, police control room received a distress call from the victim's friends at Deer Park.
When a team from Safdarjung Enclave police station reached the spot, the two friends told the police that they had come to the park with Horthan for an early morning walk .
According to Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Chinmoy Biswal, Horthan's friends said that he paced ahead as they were jogging, removed his clothes and jumped into the water .
A rescue team of Fire Department, CAT ambulances and local police retrieved his body around 9 am and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought in dead .
Police said Horthan had come to Delhi on July 27 in search of a job .
A senior officer said they have taken the statement of his two friends and are probing the case .
This is the second case of a Manipur youth's death in last two weeks.
On August 12, Sidharth (19) son of Manipur's former Minister M Okendro had fallen off the balcony of a building housing two restaurants at Hauz Khas Village .
Police are probing if the death was accidental or he was pushed off the building.