Four children drown in water tank in Telangana

Hyderabad: Four children including three girls drowned in a water body in neighbouring Vikarabad district this afternoon, police said.

The incident occurred between 3 pm and 4 pm when the children all aged between 6 and 10 went to the water tank located in Burhanpur village of Bowranpet mandal of the district for a bath, a police official said.

Unable to fathom the depth of the water all the children drowned in the tank, said the official.

Their bodies were later fished out from the tank.

—PTI