Mhow, May 2 (PTI) Two 16-year-old boys drowned while bathing in a dam in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow on Tuesday, police said.

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The incident took place at Choral Dam, some 22 km from here, in the afternoon, assistant sub-inspector Munesh Yadav of Badgonda police station said.

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The boys had come for a picnic to the dam with their friends when they drowned while bathing in the reservoir, he said.

The police team reached the spot and homeguard divers fished out the bodies, which were sent for post-mortem, he added.

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