India News | MP: Three Children Drown in Pit in Sagar

Sagar, Nov 23 (PTI) Three children, including two brothers, drowned in a pit in Bina in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Thursday, a police official said.

Sanjay (6) and Dipak (7), sons of one Rajesh Adivasi, and Manvi, daughter of Mahendra Adivasi, died while bathing in the 6-foot deep water-filled pit just behind their school, Inspector Maina Patel of Agasaud police station told PTI.

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The incident took place in Bahri village, some 90 kilometres from the district headquarters, and came to light when a woman found clothes lying nearby and alerted police and residents, Patel said.

"They drowned between 12 noon and 4pm. The bodies have been fished out. A case has been registered and probe is underway," the official added.

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