<p>A nine-year-old boy, who went to fish in the Sarakki lake at Puttenahalli along with his four-year-old brother, drowned in the muddy waters on Monday afternoon.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Passersby who spotted the boys Vivek and Dhanush drowning, tried to rescue them, but Vivek had died by the time he was pulled out of the water.<br /><br />Vivek was studying in third standard.<br /><br />Dhanush, an LKG student, is undergoing treatment in the ICU at a private hospital.<br /><br />Vivek and Dhanush, children of Renuka and Venkatesh, who runs Vivek Security Agency, regularly went for fishing in the lake, which is just about 200 metres from their house. <br /><br />The lake had swollen due to the recent rains.<br /><br />Dr Somayaji told Deccan Herald that the condition of Dhanush was still critical but stable. <br /><br />The boy had consumed a lot of contaminated water and his blood had turned acidic. It may also lead to lung infection and other complications, Somayaji said.<br /></p>
<p>A nine-year-old boy, who went to fish in the Sarakki lake at Puttenahalli along with his four-year-old brother, drowned in the muddy waters on Monday afternoon.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Passersby who spotted the boys Vivek and Dhanush drowning, tried to rescue them, but Vivek had died by the time he was pulled out of the water.<br /><br />Vivek was studying in third standard.<br /><br />Dhanush, an LKG student, is undergoing treatment in the ICU at a private hospital.<br /><br />Vivek and Dhanush, children of Renuka and Venkatesh, who runs Vivek Security Agency, regularly went for fishing in the lake, which is just about 200 metres from their house. <br /><br />The lake had swollen due to the recent rains.<br /><br />Dr Somayaji told Deccan Herald that the condition of Dhanush was still critical but stable. <br /><br />The boy had consumed a lot of contaminated water and his blood had turned acidic. It may also lead to lung infection and other complications, Somayaji said.<br /></p>