Hyderabad, Oct 2 (PTI) Four children including a girl aged between nine and 14 drowned in a tank under Yacharam police station limits on Sunday, police said.

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The children belonging to different families drowned one by one in the tank while trying to save the previous one, Yacharam Police Inspector S Lingaiah said.

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He said the bodies were fished out with the help of local divers and the District Collector has announced Rs 50,000 ex-gratia each to the kin of the deceased, he added.

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