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Sawai Madhopur Tragedy: Brother And Sister Drown In Pond Near Guava Orchard
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News18•14-10-2026, 13:36
Sawai Madhopur Tragedy: Brother And Sister Drown In Pond Near Guava Orchard
- •A tragic incident occurred in Naya Gaon of Sawai Madhopur where a brother and sister drowned in a pond while trying to fill water in a bottle.
- •The family, residents of Narayanpur Tatwara, was staying at a guava orchard for farming work.
- •Civil Defence teams and local police rushed to the spot after receiving information and pulled out the 9-year-old girl's body from the deep water.
- •Search operations for the second child are still ongoing with the help of divers and boats.
- •Local villagers gathered at the scene to support the grieving family, and no cooking was done in the village following the accident.
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The children went near a pond in Naya Gaon to fill a water bottle while staying at a guava orchard for farming work, where they accidentally drowned due to slipping or misjudging the deep water.
Local police and a special Civil Defence team immediately launched an intense search operation in the pond using boats and divers. Hundreds of villagers also gathered to support the administrative relief efforts, and no cooking was done in the village due to the tragedy.
After rescue workers pulled the 9-year-old girl's body from the pond, the Kustala police station took it into custody and placed it in the hospital mortuary for a post-mortem examination before handing it back to the family.
