Patna: Six children drowned in a pond in Bhagalpur district on Monday. The incident occurred under Sultanganj police station limits. The children were bathing in a pond located in Taraita Bahiyar. The deceased include three boys and three girls.
They have been identified as Jyoti Kumari, Meenakshi Kumari, Ayush Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Pooja Kumari, and Vikas Kumar. All the children, except for Jyoti Kumari, were residents of Vishnu Tola ward no 27. Rahul and Pooja were siblings.
Sources said that the children had gone to bathe in the pond together for the Karma-Dharma festival. Suddenly, one child went into the deep water. Seeing him drown, other children also jumped into the water to try to save him, leading to this incident. Upon receiving information about the drowning, many villagers and relatives arrived at the scene.
After rescuing all the children from the pond, they were immediately taken to the referral hospital, where doctors declared them dead after examination. All the deceased were around 12-13 years old.
