Gonda (UP), Oct. 28 -- A teenage girl and her nephew drowned in a village pond in the Colonelganj area of Gonda district here in Uttar Pradesh, said police sources.
According to police, Ravi (10), a resident of Subedarpurwa village, was plucking lotus leaves from the pond with his aunt Radhika (15) when he slipped and fell into deep water. "While trying to save him, Radhika also fell into the pond," the sources said.
Hearing their cries, villagers rushed to the spot and pulled both of them out of the water. They were taken to the community health center, where both of them succumbed to their injuries.
Following the incident, family members of the deceased accused the doctors and health staff of negligence and created a ruckus at the hosp...