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India News | 4 Children Drown in Separate Incidents in UP's Banda

Banda (UP), Sep 28 (PTI) Four children died in separate incidents of drowning in the district, police said on Tuesday.

Sita (11), her brother Umesh (14) and Suraj (7) drowned in river Ken while bathing in Kolawal village in Girwan area, Additional SP, Lakshmi Niwas Mishra said.

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Their bodies were fished out with the help of divers, he said.

In a separate incident, Amrita (8) died due to drowning in a drain in Itra Milauli village in Bisanda area when she slipped into it.

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Her body was taken out with the help of locals and sent for postmortem.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)