Thane, Oct 16 (PTI) Two children drowned after they went for a swim in a pond in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when a 12-year-old girl and a boy aged 7, residents of Bhiwandi town, ventured into the pond at Damangaon along with other children after having lunch, an official at the police control room said.

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As the two started drowning, the other children who were around raised an alarm.

Some passers-by pulled the two children out of the pond. They were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said.

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The bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem.

A case of accidental death has been registered, the police added.

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