A 45-year-old man and his two sons drowned in a pond in Maigalganj area here today.
On seeing nine-year-old Amit slipping into the pond while washing his hands, his brother Mondu (18) and father Hardwari jumped into the pond to save him, police said.
However, all the three drowned, they said.
Their bodies had been fished out from the pond, police said.