Bhatkal: In an incident reported from a resort near Jali Beach in Bhatkal, a five-year-old boy died of drowning after he accidentally fell into a swimming pool on Thursday evening.

The boy is identified as Mohammed Mustaqeem Sheikh, son of Moulvi Shahidullah, who is a teacher at the local Madrasa. Sheikh was studying in lower kindergarten at the Madrasa.

Family sources have said that Sheikh, who was staying in the resort with his mother and younger brother, slipped and fell into the five-foot deep swimming pool when his mother was not around. His mother is said to have rushed to the spot and got her son out of the waters. Youngsters who were near the resort tried to revive the boy with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and then took him to a private hospital nearby, but the doctors con

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