A 45-year-old man and his 14-year-old son drowned in the Boochanahalli lake at Doddabelavangala, when they ventured in to pluck lotus to sell in the market for the upcoming Varamahalakshmi festival on Wednesday evening.
The police recovered the bodies of Puttaraju, a resident of Shantinagar in Doddaballpur, and his son Keshav, 14, on Thursday morning.
Puttaraju, according to the police, is a roadside flower vendor and started collecting lotuses from the pond since Tuesday, owing to the rise in demand ahead of the festival.
