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Three Children Drown in Illegally Excavated Pit in Madhya Pradesh
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News18•12-10-2026, 18:30
Three Children Drown in Illegally Excavated Pit in Madhya Pradesh
- •Three children aged between seven and ten drowned in an illegally excavated pit filled with rainwater in Alirajpur town on Sunday afternoon.
- •The victims, identified as Lavkush, Yashraj, and Rajveer, fell into the pit while out for a bicycle ride.
- •Pintu Jamra, accused of digging the pit on government land without safety measures, has been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
- •Angry relatives and locals blocked a road in protest, but the blockade was lifted after district officials intervened and pacified them.
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Three children aged between seven and ten fell into an illegally excavated pit filled with rainwater while out for a bicycle ride in Alirajpur town.
A man named Pintu Jamra was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for digging the pit on government land without safety arrangements.
The children's irate relatives blocked a road in protest and argued with government officials, but the blockade ended after District Magistrate Neetu Mathur and others arrived to pacify them.
