Three school children drown in a pond

Three school children drowned in a pond in Bihar's Madhubani district on Wednesday, police said. The three children had gone to take bath in a pond in Basaith village but slipped into the deep waters and met their watery grave, Benipatti Sub-Divisional Police Officer Pushkar Kumar said.

The bodies have been fished out from the pond with the help of local people, he said. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate said that deceased's families would be given ex gratia as per the government's rules once the postmortem report is received..