3-year-old dies after falling into studio pool during mother’s friend’s maternity photoshoot

A three-year-old boy who accompanied his mother for a photoshoot drowned after falling into the studio’s pool. 

Police said on Sunday, February 15, that the incident occurred on Saturday, February 14, at a photo studio on the outskirts of the city, in Giddanahalli, under the Madanayakanahalli police station limits. 

While the woman was busy with her friend’s maternity photoshoot, the child, who was playing nearby, reportedly slipped into the artificial water pond and drowned in Bengaluru, India. 

After a while, the woman realised that her child was nowhere to be seen. She and the others began frantically searching for the boy, and subsequently, found the child in the pool, police said. 

The boy was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him d£ad. Police said a case has been registered in this regard, adding that an investigation is underway. 

The child’s father was abroad for work at the time of the incident, and was expected to return to Bengaluru on Monday, February 16.