SUNGAI PETANI: A daily routine for a man and his grandson turned tragic when they failed to return from their evening walk to an unused pool on Monday.
Villagers found the bodies of the 78-year-old man and his one-year-old grandson floating in the one-metre pool in Jalan Kempas, Taman Kempas near here.
Kuala Muda OCPD Asst Comm Zaidy Che Hassan said police received a MERS 999 call informing them about the discovery of the two bodies around 7.20pm.
“A team from the Tikam Batu police station rushed to the scene and found both victims floating in the pool.
“Based on the information from an eyewitness, the bodies were pulled out from the pool by the villagers,” he said in a statement yesterday.
ACP Zaidy said the father of the boy told police that his father would take the boy for a walk every day after fetching him from his mother’s working place at the nearby restaurant.
“When the father of the boy noticed that both of them had not returned home by 7pm, he went out to look for them.
“During this time, he saw many people crowding around the pool. He later found out that the two bodies pulled out from the pool were his father and his son,” he said.
ACP Zaidy said based on their investigation, they found there was no foul play or any criminal elements involved in the incident.
He said both the victims who lived at Kampung Matang Berangan in Pinang Tunggal were pronounced dead by medical officers at the scene.
The bodies were later sent to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
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