Deceased include two siblings

Amravati, 11 May (HS): Three children and an adult

drowned in a tank a Ghatkheda in Amravati on Sunday. The four had gone for swimming

on Sunday evening and drowned as one of them was drowning and three jumped to

rescue without understanding the depth of water.

The four including two siblings have been named by

Amravati’s Frezarpura Police as Sonali Narendra Joshi (16), Aditya Narendra

Joshi 912), Payal Bablu Pandit (21) and Yash Gajanan Kakde (13), all residents

of Kholapuri Gate area.

The District Disaster Management team rushed to the

site and started the rescue operations. The four bodies were fished out. After

the ‘Panchnama’ (spot inspection) the bodies were referred to the District Hospital

for the post-mortem.

Narendra Joshi himself had dropped 11 children

including Aditya and Sonali to the site. Narendra was asked to go with an

assurance to call him back after the picnic.

The Joshi family and families of others were

devastated on getting the news.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar