Three children on Thursday drowned in a village pond in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh.
The victims were Priyanshu Kashyap (5), Pramod Goel (9) and Vicky Besra (8), all from Nagarnar village, Nagarnar Station House Officer Jay Prakash Gupta told The Pioneer.
The incident took place when the victims went to the Gojomuda pond to take a bath, the officer said. They apparently went deeper into the pond and drowned.