A woman and her two sons drowned in a farm pond at Haripura village of Kheda district's Thasra taluka today afternoon, a police official said here today.
The deceased were identified as Sharda Rathva and her two sons Kaushik (5) and Ankit (9), Thasra police sub-inspector of Thasra V G Prajapati.
He said that preliminary investigation revealed that in a bid to save Kaushik from drowning, his elder brother Ankit and their mother Sharda too drowned in the pond.
The incident happened in the afternoon when Sharda, accompnied by her two sons, was working on a farm and Kaushik went to a nearby farm pond to fetch water, Prajapati said.
"While doing so, Kaushik fell into the pond. Due to mud, he failed to come out since his feet stuck in it. After learning about his brother, Ankit jumped into the water to save Kaushik but he too got stuck in the mud," Prajapati said.
When both of them began shouting, Sharda jumped into the water to save her sons, Prajapati said.
"However, she and her two sons failed to come out and eventually drowned to death. Later, villagers rushed to the spot and fished out their bodies. We have registered a complaint of accidental death and started an investigation," Prajapati said.
