Ujjain (MP), Jun 15 (PTI) Three teenage boys drowned in a water-filled pit while playing at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Wednesday, police said.

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The incident occurred near Matana village under the limits of the Narwar police station in the afternoon, an official said.

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Five boys, all residents of Matana village located on the Dewas Road, had gone to bathing at a water-filled pit near their village on Wednesday afternoon. While playing, three of them slipped into the pit and drowned," said Narwar police station in-charge Krishnakant Tiwari.

He said two other boys raised an alarm following which villagers rushed to the spot.

The deceased trio aged around 15-16 years, Tiwari said.

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