Gonda, Jun 3 (IANS): Five children died after they drowned in a pond in Mishaurilia under Khodare police circle in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district.
Six children had waded into a pond for a bath and slipped into deep waters on Thursday morning.
The local people, seeing them cry for help, rushed in to save them but could rescue only one child who has not been admitted into a medical facility in a critical condition.
The bodies of the five children were taken out from the pond.
All the children are cousins and belong to one family.