<p>It was time to celebrate the first prizes they had bagged in cultural contests on Gandhi Jayanti. So, they dived in Dodda Amani lake in Jyothipura village in Bangalore East taluk to swim for a while. But their jolly sojourn turned tragic as both of them drowned moments later. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Karthik and Sandeep, both aged 14 years and students of class 8 at Government High School, Jyothipura, and their 10 friends wanted to dive in the lake to beat the afternoon heat. The boys had won first prizes in the cultural contests at the school. They distributed sweets to friends and were playing cricket along with their friends. The lake, full to the brim after 20 years, excited them. <br /><br />That none of them knew swimming did not discourage them. They had not informed their parents either. Karthik and Sandeep dived in even as others stayed put on the bank around 2 pm. <br /><br />Moments later, they drowned. Seeing this, other boys ran back to their homes and alerted the villagers. A few local residents then rushed to the lake and fished out the boys. They were taken to a hospital in Hoskote where doctors declared them brought dead, according to Kishore, a local resident. <br /><br />Farmers had dug the lake for fertile soil in the summer, creating deep pits. The boys went into water unaware of them, said Raghu, another villager. The villagers said there was no sign board warning about possible danger.</p>
<p>It was time to celebrate the first prizes they had bagged in cultural contests on Gandhi Jayanti. So, they dived in Dodda Amani lake in Jyothipura village in Bangalore East taluk to swim for a while. But their jolly sojourn turned tragic as both of them drowned moments later. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Karthik and Sandeep, both aged 14 years and students of class 8 at Government High School, Jyothipura, and their 10 friends wanted to dive in the lake to beat the afternoon heat. The boys had won first prizes in the cultural contests at the school. They distributed sweets to friends and were playing cricket along with their friends. The lake, full to the brim after 20 years, excited them. <br /><br />That none of them knew swimming did not discourage them. They had not informed their parents either. Karthik and Sandeep dived in even as others stayed put on the bank around 2 pm. <br /><br />Moments later, they drowned. Seeing this, other boys ran back to their homes and alerted the villagers. A few local residents then rushed to the lake and fished out the boys. They were taken to a hospital in Hoskote where doctors declared them brought dead, according to Kishore, a local resident. <br /><br />Farmers had dug the lake for fertile soil in the summer, creating deep pits. The boys went into water unaware of them, said Raghu, another villager. The villagers said there was no sign board warning about possible danger.</p>
