Four members of a family drowned while bathing in Vatrak pond in Baddi village, Dungarpur, on Sunday morning. Police said that two children were rescued and taken to hospital.
The victims have been identified as Hina Dhamore, 24, Pratik Dhamore, 20, and Ishita Dhamore, 15. They are the three sons of farmer Babu Singh Dhamore, and their cousin Ronak Parmar, 20, a resident of Palanpur in Gujarat. Two other children, Rajveer Dhamur and Jaisingh Dhamur, were rescued and taken to Simalwara Hospital.
According to police, the group went to the pond to bathe at 10 am when they accidentally ventured into deep water and started drowning.
Jaisingh’s father, Suresh Singh, was nearby and rushed to the scene after hearing the children’s screams. He managed to pull his son and Rajveer out of the water, but the other four drowned before he could rescue them.
Hina, the eldest brother, was a teacher in a private school in the village. Pratik had recently passed Class 12 and applied for admission in a college, while Ishita was studying in Class 11.
