Four children die in three separate incidents in Kurnool district of Andhra

KURNOOL: In a series of tragic incidents, four children were killed at three different places in Yemmiganur constituency of Kurnool district on Saturday.

In the first incident, two boys accidentally consumed pesticides while playing at their house in K. Nagalapuram village of Yemmiganur mandal. Five-year-old Mahiram and his friend Hari Krishna found the pesticide while their parents were working on a farm. After ingesting the toxic substance, both boys became seriously ill. Despite efforts to save her, Mahiram died during treatment at Yemmiganur Government Hospital while Hari Krishna remains in critical condition after being shifted to Kurnool Government General Hospital (GGH). Yemmiganur rural police have registered a case and initiated an investigation, sub-inspector Srinivasulu said.

In another incident, two young cousins, Uday Kumar (7) and Hanumesh (5), drowned in a pond in Machapuram village Nandavaram mandal. The children and two friends had gone near the pond to relieve themselves. The boys ventured into the water and tragically drowned. By the time their friends alerted the villagers, it was too late and the boys were already dead, according to Nandavaram police.

In a third incident, a 12-year-old boy named Sampath drowned while swimming in a pond in Parlapalle village. He had visited his grandmother during the Dasara holidays. Local residents pulled him out of the water and took him to a hospital, but doctors determined he was dead.