Two boys drowned in a lake in Balluru village of Attibele on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Saturday evening.
Their bodies were recovered on Sunday afternoon by firefighters and emergency services.
The victims have been identified as Aniket Kumar, 8, a Class 3 student and a native of Bihar, and Rehmat Baba, 11, a Class 4 student from Andhra Pradesh. Both were children of daily wage laborers living in the area.
According to police, the boys had gone to play near the lake embankment and were believed to have entered the body of water without knowing how to swim.
Their parents launched a search when the duo did not return home. Villagers who saw them near the lake alerted the families and rescue operations began the next morning.
Police in Attibela have registered a case of unnatural death.
Published – 9 Nov 2025 21:44 IST
