Shajapur (MP), Sep 24 (PTI) Two brothers, aged 8 and 10, drowned while taking bath in a stream in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place at around 4 pm on Monday in Malikhedi village, located 40 km from the district headquarters, an official said.
The siblings ventured into the deep water while taking bath and drowned, Salsalai police station in-charge Janak Singh Rawat said.
On Monday evening, a woman informed the villagers after seeing a person floating in the stream, he said.
Later, the villagers informed police. The two minors were subsequently pulled out of the water and taken to a hospital where doctors declared them dead, the official said.
The bodies will be handed over to the family on Tuesday after post-mortem. PTI COR ADU GK
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