Telangana: Three children drown in Nagarkurnool pond

According to the police, six children had gone to the village pond in the evening to play and swim. Read further on Dynamite News

Hyderabad: Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond in Peddakothapally mandal of Nagarkurnool on Thursday evening, reports Dynamite News correspondent.

According to the police, six children had gone to the village pond in the evening to play and swim.

“Three of them entered the water and drowned, as they did not know how to swim,” a police officer said.

The other three raised an alarm and called cattle herders who were grazing sheep in a field closeby. The herders rushed to the spot and tried to rescue the children.

The deceased have been identified as A Ganesh (13), his sister A Rakshita (10), and their friend B Varun (10).

What is surprising is that their families did not know that the children had gone to the pond, as told by the police.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem in Nagarkurnool Government Hospital.

A case has been registered and further investigation is going on.

Earlier Incident In UP

On 29 April, two children died after they accidentally slipped into the Ganga River and drowned in the Sandipan Ghat area of Kaushambi District here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Wednesday.

Police sources said that Shreyansh (8) and Sanoj (10), both residents of Mohanapur village, had gone to eat watermelon in the Ganga basin on Tuesday.

"When they reached the bank of the Ganga with watermelons, suddenly their feet slipped, and they drowned in the deep waters. The farmers living nearby raised an alarm after seeing the two children drowning," they said.

Police Version

Police sources said that the boatmen present nearby jumped into the Ganga and, after a lot of effort, took them out on Tuesday night. "The children were taken to the doctor, where they were declared dead," they said.

Earlier Drowing Incident

In November last year two children drowned in a pit in Deoria district in UP.

According to Dynamite News correspondent, the incident occurred in village Narharpatti of Tarkulwan police station area. The deceased children have been identified as Anubhav and Priti Sharma.

Besides, two children are being treated and their condition is said to be critical.

According to the information, the pit was dug in the area by a person. On Wednesday evening around 4 o'clock, two-and- half-year old Preeti, four-year-old Anubhav, four-year-old Gudia and two-year-old Yuvraj went towards the pit while playing.