5-yr-old special child drown 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.

The body of the boy, a resident of Thakurpukur in the southern part of the city, was found floating in the pool around 1.05 pm, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.

"We have received a complaint from the parents of the boy and started a probe into the matter," he said.

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