Four children drown in a canal in Bijnore

August 10, 2014 12:40

Four children, including three siblings drowned while bathing in a canal in Bijnore, police said today.

The incident took place last evening when Imran (11), his sisters Shahana (12) and Rehana (8) and neighbour Nadeem, all belonging to Thana Noorpur village had gone to graze the cattle, following which Imran and Nadeem started bathing in the canal, they said. Seeing them drown, Shahana and Rehana came to their rescue but all four of them met a watery grave, police said.

Upon getting information by passersby, locals tried to rescue the children but they had succumbed by the time their bodies were discovered.

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