Indian drowns in pool

Indian drowns in pool

JAKARTA (JP): An Indian national identified as Ameer Syed
Azeezuddin drowned in a swimming pool at the Country Wood Estates
residences in Ciputat, South Jakarta, early on Sunday.

The 28-year-old man was found dead after he fell into the
large pool during a weekend party held at the property.

There were conflicting reports on his death.

"I did not see the accident directly. I rushed to the scene
after I heard that the victim drowned in the swimming pool,"
Mukesh, who organized the party, said at Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital's morgue in Central Jakarta.

Ari, a colleague of Ameer, said she heard that Amir was pushed
into the pool by one of his friends.

"It was meant as a joke. But, unfortunately, Ameer fell into
the pool," said Ari, who worked with Ameer at the Resource Club,
a garment trading company with headquarters in New York.

The company has a representative office here, located on Jl.
Kayu Putih Utara in East Jakarta.

Mukesh, also a friend of Ameer, dismissed the possibility that
Ameer was drunk.

"I have experienced a similar accident in Singapore. Ameer
might have suffered a muscle spasm. That's why he couldn't make
it up to the surface," he told The Jakarta Post.

Atikarman, an employee of the Resource Club, said Ameer died
on his way to the nearby Bintaro International Hospital.

She said it was unclear if he was inebriated.

"We brought his body to Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital for a
postmortem examination, but the result will only be released on
Monday," she said.

Mukesh said Ameer's body would be flown to Madras, India, for
burial. (asa)