Three children, including two siblings, drown in temple tank
Three children tragically drowned in a temple tank in Kondapur village, Jagtial district. The victims included two siblings, aged 13 and 11, and a 7-year-old boy who was visiting with them. The incident occurred while their families were attending a function nearby.
- ▪The drowning incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in a temple tank.
- ▪The siblings, Manvith and Manaswi, were accompanied by their friend Sarvind Shiva.
- ▪All three children reportedly slipped into the tank while playing.
- ▪Their bodies were retrieved and taken to the mortuary in Jagtial town.
- ▪The local community is in mourning following this tragic event.
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JAGTIALIn a tragic incident, three children, including two siblings, drowned in a temple tank at Kondapur village in Medipalli mandal of Jagtial district on Wednesday.A visit to a relative’s village to attend a family function ended in tragedy for Rajender’s family from Jagtial on Wednesday afternoon after Rajender’s two children - Manvith, 13, and Manaswi, 11, drowned in the local temple tank. Sarvind Shiva, 7, son of Shekar, a resident of Kondapur, who accompanied the brother-sister duo, also drowned, leaving the two families shattered.While their family members were at their relative’s house near Shiva Ganga Temple in Kondapur attending a function, the trio had gone to the temple tank late in the afternoon.
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