PANJIM, Feb. 1 -- Team Herald

In a tragic incident on Saturday afternoon, two toddlers drowned in the Salaulim canal near Betmoddi-Bonsai, Curchorem. According to the Curchorem police, the minors, while playing, wandered approximately 50 metres from their rented accommodation and accidentally fell into the canal.

The victims have been identified as 15-month-old Rehan Sadik Shrittey from Karnataka and 18-month-old Wajid Ashpak Hashmi, a native of Uttar Pradesh. After falling into the water, the children were carried away approximately two kilometres from the site of the incident. Fortunately, some locals noticed them and managed to retrieve both children from the water. Their families became aware of their disappearance shortly after the...