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Tragedy Strikes: Two Cousins Drown in Tikamgarh Pond While Bathing
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News18•22-09-2026, 22:15
Tragedy Strikes: Two Cousins Drown in Tikamgarh Pond While Bathing
- •Two minor cousins, Aniket and Hemant, aged nine, drowned while bathing in a pond in Madnikhera, Tikamgarh district, Madhya Pradesh.
- •The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the boys entered the pond and drowned due to misjudging its depth.
- •Their family members were harvesting black gram nearby and began searching when the children did not return, finding their bodies floating in the pond.
- •Police were informed, recovered the bodies, and have initiated an investigation into the tragic incident.
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The nine-year-old cousins, Aniket and Hemant, entered a pond for a bath while playing near it and drowned because they could not judge the depth of the water.
The incident occurred in Madnikhera village under the Badagaon police station area, located about 45 kilometers away from the Tikamgarh district headquarters.
At the time of the incident, the children's family members were busy harvesting black gram near the pond.