Mangalore : A 16-year-old boy, staying at the Government Backward Classes and Minorities hostel at Karnad, drowned in a lake near Mulki on Sunday.
Akshay a student of VI standard in the CSI school, had gone to Kenchanakere to swim. He went water grave without knowing to swim in the water.
The body of Akshay from Chikmagalur was recovered by residents a few minutes later, added the police.