6 boys drown in separate incidents

HYDERABAD: Six boys drowned in separate incidents across Telangana on Sunday, police said.

At

Kothapet

in

Mahbubnagar

district, P Sai Kumar (10), his younger brother P Shiv Kumar (8) and their cousin K Shiv Kumar entered an agricultural well for bath but drowned soon after as they failed to gauge the depth of water, inspector

Rajeshwar Goud

said, adding that the bodies of the deceased have been retrieved.

In another mishap, three boys drowned in a pond at

Raghunathapalem

in

Khammam

district, a police official attached to Khammam rural circle said, adding that the deceased were in the age group of 10 to 12 years. PTI