Tragedy / Three children drown while plucking water lily in Odisha
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Three children from a Kataka village drowned in a pond while plucking water lily flowers, leaving families devastated and the entire community mourning the loss of three young lives.
Kataka, Nov 1: A pall of gloom descended over a village in Odisha's Kataka district after three young children drowned in a pond while allegedly attempting to pluck water lily flowers. The heartbreaking incident took place at Jhadeswarpur village under Bhadreswar Panchayat in Mahanga block.
According to local sources, the children had gone to a nearby pond to collect water lily flowers but accidentally entered a deeper part of the water body. Unable to save themselves, all three drowned before help could reach them.
The deceased have been identified as Jisan Khan (3) and Salman Khan (5), sons of Imran Khan, and Arham Khan (4), the middle son of Anwar Khan. Their sudden deaths have left the village in shock, with grief-stricken family members and neighbours struggling to come to terms with the tragedy.
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✨Residents noticed the children were missing and launched a frantic search. By the time they were located in the pond, villagers had already pulled them out and rushed them to a nearby medical facility.
Although the Fire Services Department also reached the spot after receiving information about the incident, the children had already been taken to the hospital.
Doctors examined the three children and declared them dead
on arrival. The tragedy triggered scenes of heartbreak at the hospital and in
the village, where mourning families were inconsolable.