Woman, her two minor children drown in lake

A woman and her two minor children drowned in a lake in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat on Wednesday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Nayna Rathod (27), her two-year-old son Lalji and daughter Maya (4), they said.

"The woman, along with her son, jumped into the lake located in Khari village of Shihor taluka, in a bid to save her daughter from drowning. However, all of them drowned in the incident," police said.

Their bodies were later recovered by the local residents and sent for post-mortem.