Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Two Migrant Workers’ Children Drown in Nashik Farm Pond
Two boys were visiting a place where their families were working on a house.
They were playing nearby when they fell into a farm pond.
Their families and the landowner pulled them out and took them to a hospital.
A doctor examined them and said they had died.
Police visited the place to inspect what happened.
The boys were 11 and 10 years old.
Their families came from Madhya Pradesh.
The accident saddened their families and people in the area.
Two boys, aged 11 and 10, drowned in a farm pond in Manor Khurd, Nashik district.
The children were playing near a house under construction where their parents were working.
They reportedly fell into the pond behind the house on Wednesday afternoon.
Families and the landowner pulled them from the water and took them to Lasalgaon Rural Hospital.
A medical officer declared both boys dead; Lasalgaon police inspected the site.
- Who
- Arvind Dinesh Gore, 11, and Sunny Ajay Rawat, 10, children of migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh.
- What
- Both boys drowned after falling into a farm pond.
- When
- Wednesday afternoon; the article does not specify a date.
- Where
- A farm pond behind a house under construction in Manor Khurd, Niphad taluka, Nashik district.
- Why
- The article says they accidentally fell into the pond while playing nearby; it gives no further explanation.
Reported circumstances
Official response
How the drowning occurred
Reported circumstances
The article reports that the boys accidentally fell into the farm pond while playing near the house under construction.
Official response
No alternative account or differing explanation is provided.
Response after the incident
Reported circumstances
The families and house owner pulled the boys from the pond and took them to hospital.
Official response
A medical officer declared both boys dead, and police later inspected the scene.
- Victims
- Arvind Dinesh Gore, 11, and Sunny Ajay Rawat, 10
- Incident location
- Manor Khurd, Niphad taluka, Nashik district
- Incident timing
- Wednesday afternoon; no calendar date stated
- Pond location
- Behind a house under construction
- Hospital
- Lasalgaon Rural Hospital
- Police response
- Lasalgaon Police Station officers visited and inspected the site