Youth drowns in YMCA pool

MUMBAI: A 19-year-old man drowned in a swimming pool on the premises of the Youth Men Christian Association (YMCA) hostel in south Mumbai, the police said.
The victim, Abdul Kadir Sayyad, resident of Byculla, drowned on Saturday evening while swimming in the pool. After some time, people noticed Abdul lying unconscious in the pool. They took him to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, the police added.
“Abdul had diabetes.We are awaiting the post-mortem report to ascertain if he fell unconscious because of diabetes, which may have resulted in the drowning,’’ Agripada police inspector Praveen Gosavi said.
He said Abdul was going for swimming classes to the YMCA for the past one month. A case was registered against the YMCA management under Section 304-A (death due to negligence), Gosavi said, adding that the management was asked to provide their version of the incident.