A representational photograph of a pond in a village. , Picture Credit score: File photograph
Three kids drowned in a farm pond at Madev Nagar in Minchanal in Vijayapura district of Karnataka on October 17.
Swapna Rathod, 12, Shivamma Rathod, 8 and Karthik Rathod, 7, died after they slipped right into a pond in a farm. That they had gone to the farm as they’d a vacation in school.
A staff of officers, together with the tahshildar of Vijayapura and the native police sub-inspector, visited the spot.
Printed – October 17, 2025 02:17 pm IST