Family smells foul play in 13-yr-old's death in MCC swimming pool

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November 12, 2013

Mangalore, Nov 12: The case of 13-year-old H S Sohan, who drowned in Mangalore City Corporation's swimming pool on October 25, took a new turn with his father alleging foul play in his son's death.

H D Somashekar, father of Sohan submitted a memorandum to the office of Police Commissioner on Monday demanding a probe into the'accidental' death.

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He has expressed suspicion of foul play by friends of the boy. He said three days before the incident, he woke up screaming after midnight that his four classmates would kill him. . On the day his son drowned two of them were in the swimming pool, he said.

Mr. Somashekar said when he went to the hospital on October 25 evening he saw blood clot marks below his son's eyelids. This, he said, was an indication that Sohan had been murdered in the pool. Sohan, he said, was good in swimming and also in academics. Four of his classmates were not happy with his son's achievements. Demanding questioning of eye-witnesses, he said his son's drowning should not be considered as accidental death but as a murder. Mr. Somashekar was accompanied by his relative Yeshwant Mendon and politician M.G. Hegde.

Police Commissioner Manish Kharbikar said he would inquire into the alleged foul play into the death of Sohan. Mr. Kharbikar said they were waiting for the report of autopsy, which will take a few more weeks as viscera needs to be examined by the Forensic Science Laboratory.

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