CG News: Two children died due to drowning in the pond

Kanker. Two innocent children died due to drowning in a pond in Kirgoli village of the district. Both the children had gone to take bath in the village pond. During this time this accident happened. The bodies of both the innocent children were brought to the district hospital, where after post-mortem, the bodies will be handed over to the family tomorrow morning. It is being told that both the children Sahil Markam 6 years and Deependra Sinha 8 years had left the house at around 12 noon. When both the children did not return till 2 pm, the family started searching.

After this, with the help of villagers, a search was done in the pond, from where the bodies of both have been recovered. The deceased Deependra Sinha was a resident of Udakuda village near Kirgoli, who had come to Kirgoli to his maternal grandmother’s house. Villagers told that there were two more children with the two deceased children, who fled to their home in fear of the incident. Kotwali in-charge Manish Nagar said that both of them had died before they were brought to the hospital. The bodies will be handed over to the family tomorrow morning after post-mortem.