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Two-year-old boy drowns during his birthday bash at Lonavala holiday resort near Pune

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In a tragic turn of events, a two-year-old boy drowned in the swimming pool of a bungalow at the  Lonavala holiday resort in Maharashtra, where his family was celebrating  his birthday, police said on Tuesday.</p>
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The Nashik-based family had rented the bungalow to celebrate the child's second birthday the next day, an official from Lonavala police station said.</p>
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The parents and other family members were busy on the first floor of the bungalow, when the toddler fell into the swimming pool outside on July 13.</p>
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The family members suddenly realised that the child was missing and after a desperate search, they found him in the swimming pool, the official said.</p>
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A case of accidental death has been registered at the local police station.</p>

IN Bureau

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