Overview
- University students discovered a man unconscious at the bottom of the campus pool after an evening cricket match and he was declared dead at a nearby hospital, with the incident reported late Thursday.
- Sonipat police and a Forensic Science Laboratory team have sealed the pool, are reviewing CCTV footage, and are taking statements to establish who was at the pool and whether lifeguard or staff protocols were followed.
- The university set up a three-member inquiry led by Prof Rajendra Prasad Garg and said a swimming coach was present near the pool when the incident occurred.
- The dead man’s identity and age are reported inconsistently across outlets, and his family—saying he was a competent swimmer—has demanded an impartial probe and videography of the postmortem.
- The case is being treated in the context of multiple recent drownings in Haryana and could prompt departmental reviews of pool safety, staffing and emergency-response rules at sports facilities.