Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 30: Three children aged between eight and 10 years drowned in a pond located within a golf course in Dwarka’s Sector 24 area on Thursday morning, police said.

A PCR call regarding the incident was received at Sector 23 police station at around 7.07 am, following which a police team rushed to the spot. Fire department personnel were also pressed into service for rescue operations.

“Upon reaching the location, police found three children dead in a pond inside the golf course premises. The bodies were retrieved with the assistance of the fire department,” a senior police officer said.

Preliminary findings suggest that the children may have entered the pond to bathe, as their clothes were found on the bank.

The identities of the deceased were yet to be established at the time of reporting. Police said efforts are underway to identify the victims and trace their families, adding that no missing complaints matching their description had been received so far.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and forensic teams have been deployed to collect evidence from the scene.

Further investigation is in progress to ascertain the exact circumstances leading to the incident.