Bokaro: Two children drowned in a pond under Pachamba police station limits in Giridih district on Friday. The deceased, identified as Hardik Rajak (13) and Prem Kumar (10) drowned while plucking lotus from a pond in Ranikhawa village.“The boys had ventured into deeper water,” Shankar Rajak, Hardik’s father, said. The boys were rescued and taken to Giridih Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival. Pachamba police said the bodies were sent for postmortem examination, and an investigation had been launched.
