UP: Woman, her 10-year-old son drown in pond

Bhadohi: A woman and her minor son drowned in a pond in Chauri area here on Saturday, police said.

Nazareen (36) was washing clothes at Gotiya pond in Arjunganj village when her son Sarfaraz (10) accidentally slipped in the water body, they added.

She tried to save him but also drowned while going to the deeper side of the pond, police said.

Residents brought them out and rushed them to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them dead, they further said.