Hyderabad: Two children drown while swimming in Medchal tank

Two children drowned while swimming in a village tank near Dabilpur in Medchal on Sunday. The victims, aged 14 and 12, were part of a group of six children. Police and SDRF teams were deployed for recovery operations.

Hyderabad:Two children drowned while swimming in a small tank near their village in Medchal on Sunday.

According to reports, a group of six children had gone to a tank located near the Dabilpur village in Medchal on Sunday afternoon. All six were playing in the water when two of them, Oman (14), a ninth standard student, and Mohd Irfan (12), a seventh standard student, drowned.

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On information, the police reached the spot and started efforts to retrieve the bodies. Expert swimmers of State Disaster Response Force reached the spot to assist the police.