Four Drowned To Death In Artificial Pond in Rajasthan's Udaipur

Udaipur: In a tragic incident, two minor siblings were among four people who drowned in an artificial pond in the Kurabad block of Rajasthan's Udaipur district, police said.

According to the police, the quartet had gone to graze goats in a forest when they decided to take a dip in the pond in Bemla village.

Three of them went into the deep water while the fourth swam to bring them to safety but they all drowned, the police said.

Villagers brought the bodies out of the water, Kurabad SHO Chail Singh Chouhan said.

The victims were identified as Suron Ka Guda residents Raju (15) and his sister Tara (13), Parvati (15) and Bhuri (20).

Chouhan said the bodies were handed over to family members after post-mortem. 

Earlier, four girls returning from school drowned in a pond in Dungla police station area in the Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan on Friday, police said on Friday.

When one of the girls slipped into deep water in the pond, three others jumped in to save her, they said, adding that all four of them drowned. They were returning home from school in Biloda village, SHO Ghevar Chand said.