Three drown in Akola, Buldana districts

Two children drowned in river at Aaland village in Deulgaon Raja taluka of bordering Buldana district, police said today.

Deepak Gujar (8) and Manohar Shirole (9) drowned on Sunday morning when they entered the river even as their mothers watched helplessly, they sid.

In another incident, a youth from Aapoti village near here drowned in a well on a field yesterday, police said.

The deceased identified as Vinod More had gone to the well for bathing along with his friends when mishap occurred, police said, adding More's body was fished out from ther well later.