Maharashtra: 3 children drown in pond in Beed's Parli tehsil

The incident happened

Three children in the 8-15 age group drowned in a pond in Parli tehsil of Maharashtra's Beed district at around 7am on Monday, police said.

in Dawoodpur area and the three, identified as Surekha Rajaram Dandekar (15), Rekha Rajaram Dandekar (13) and Rohit Narayan Dandekar (8), belong to one family residing in Vasurni village in Nanded district, an official said.

"Surekha had gone to the pond to wash clothes and the other two children accompanied her. They ventured into a deeper part of the pond and drowned. The bodies have been fished out," he added.