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Jharkhand: Five children drown in pond in Hazaribagh

Jharkhand: Five children drown in pond in Hazaribagh

Hazaribagh, Mar 23 (UNI) Five children, including four girls, drowned in a pond located at Gadokhar village under Katkamdag police station area of this district on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as Kajal Kumari (14), Nikita Kumari (13), Durga Kumari (11), Riya Kumari (11) and Rishu Kumar (10).
The villagers took the children out of the pond and rushed them to hospital where they were declared dead by the doctors.

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