Nagpur, Nov 28 (PTI) A four-year-old boy drowned in a lake at Umred town in Nagpur district, police said on Sunday.

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The tragedy occurred on Saturday afternoon, when the child, Sanidhya Dinesh Bawankule, a resident of Mangalwari Peth in Umred, was playing with his friends near the water body.

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"As the boy did not return home, the family members launched a search for him. They found the child floating in the lake a few hours later," a police official said.

A case of accidental death was registered at Umred police station, he said.

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