Bareilly: Three children drowned while taking bath in Amrit Sarovar (pond) in Bhojipura area of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, police said.
Additional District Magistrate Santosh Bahadur Singh said three labourers were working in an agriculture field at Milak Aliganj village in the Bhojipura area and their children had gone to give them their meal, reports news agency PTI.
The incident took place in the afternoon when Ashish (8), Sumit (7) and Luv Sagar (7), all residents of Milak Aliganj village in Nawabganj Tehsil went to take bath in Amrit Sarovar.
The police said that while taking bath the children slipped into deep water and started drowning.
People grazing goats in the area informed local villagers about the drowning, after which the children were fished out and taken to a medical college in Bareilly, where doctors declared them dead, the ADM said.
