5-yr-old special child down in school's hydrotherapy pool

A five-year-old boy drowned in a hydrotherapy pool Wednesday at a school for special children run by the Eastern Command Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) here, a Defence official said.

The boy, who suffered from autism, reportedly died after drowning in the pool.

Describing the incident as "tragic", the official said "We are looking into the matter to ascertain how it happened."