3 children drown in pond while swimming in Nagarkurnool

Ganesh and Rakshitha, children of A Dharma Reddy and Savitha, had come from Hyderabad to Peddakothapally village for the summer holidays.

Hyderabad: Three children drowned in a pond in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district on Thursday evening, May 1, while swimming.

The victims were identified as 13-year-old A Ganesh Reddy, his 10-year-old sister A Rakshitha, and 7-year-old B Shravan Kumar. Ganesh and Rakshitha, children of A Dharma Reddy and Savitha, had come from Hyderabad to Peddakothapally village for the summer holidays. Shravan Kumar, a Class 2 student, was a resident of the same locality.

According to reports, the incident occurred around 5 pm when the three children entered the pond while playing nearby. The water was reportedly deep, and the children drowned.

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The bodies were later recovered and shifted to the government hospital nearby.

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