Two children, aged nine years old, died by drowning in a pit in Maharashtra’s Gondia district late Tuesday evening.&nbsp;

Police officials said&nbsp;Class 3 students Alok Bhagchand Bisen and Prince Kishore Rahangdale lost their lives in Dasgaon (Khurd) village when they were walking home from school with another friend on Tuesday. &nbsp;

One of the boys, Bisen fell into a water-filled pit on the roadside after getting close to it. Seeing this, Rahangdale rushed to save him, but he also lost his balance and fell into the same pit. &nbsp;

Police officials said that for a few hours, nobody knew about the incident.

"The third boy who was with them was quite shocked to witness all this right in front of him. So, it took him a while to inform others, as he was too shocked to talk about the incident at his home or with his friends. But after some time, when his parents observed his disturbed behaviour, he told them about the incident, and they informed the victims' parents,"&nbsp;added a police official from Rawanvadi police station. &nbsp;

The boys’ bodies were discovered when their families and locals began searching for them in the evening. &nbsp;

The bodies were handed over to the respective families after post-mortem. &nbsp;

In the recent&nbsp;past, there have been similar instances where children have lost their lives by falling into pits. Two children, aged 9 and 15 years, drowned in a pond filled with rainwater in outer Delhi’s Prem Nagar area after heavy rains.&nbsp;

In Visakhapatnam, two children drowned in a tank near DV Palem under Pamur police station limits in Prakasam district last week. The cops said that a group of eight boys had gone to the tank for a joy trip. While they were playing with water, two children suddenly drowned. &nbsp;

A month ago, four children drowned in a pond near Yamuna Expressway in Agra. &nbsp;

In another incident, three schoolchildren, including two sisters, all aged below 11, allegedly drowned in a river while attempting to pluck jamun fruits from a tree in the state of Tamil Nadu. In cases like the above, no one was present nearby to rescue them or alert the police or fire and rescue team.

Two children, aged nine years old, died by drowning in a pit in Maharashtra’s Gondia district late Tuesday evening. Police officials said Class 3 students Alok Bhagchand Bisen and Prince Kishore Rahangdale lost their lives in Dasgaon (Khurd) village when they were walking home from school with another friend on Tuesday.

Two children, aged nine years old, died by drowning in a pit in Maharashtra’s Gondia district late Tuesday evening. Police officials said Class 3 students Alok Bhagchand Bisen and Prince Kishore Rahangdale lost their lives in Dasgaon (Khurd) village when they were walking home from school with another friend on Tuesday. One of the boys, Bisen fell into a water-filled pit on the roadside after getting close to it. Seeing this, Rahangdale rushed to save him, but he also lost his balance and fell into the same pit. Police officials said that for a few hours, nobody knew about the incident. "The third boy who was with them was quite shocked to witness all this right in front of him. So, it took him a while to inform others, as he was too shocked to talk about the incident at his home or with his friends. But after some time, when his parents observed his disturbed behaviour, he told them about the incident, and they informed the victims' parents," added a police official from Rawanvadi police station. The boys’ bodies were discovered when their families and locals began searching for them in the evening. The bodies were handed over to the respective families after post-mortem. In the recent past, there have been similar instances where children have lost their lives by falling into pits. Two children, aged 9 and 15 years, drowned in a pond filled with rainwater in outer Delhi’s Prem Nagar area after heavy rains. In Visakhapatnam, two children drowned in a tank near DV Palem under Pamur police station limits in Prakasam district last week. The cops said that a group of eight boys had gone to the tank for a joy trip. While they were playing with water, two children suddenly drowned. A month ago, four children drowned in a pond near Yamuna Expressway in Agra. In another incident, three schoolchildren, including two sisters, all aged below 11, allegedly drowned in a river while attempting to pluck jamun fruits from a tree in the state of Tamil Nadu. In cases like the above, no one was present nearby to rescue them or alert the police or fire and rescue team.

Maharashtra: Two children aged nine die by drowning in roadside water pit 

Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has clarified his statement about calling doctors to &quot;join the Naxals&quot;. Ahir said he respects the doctors and the remark was an outburst in anger after a few doctors skipped an event which the minister came to attend.

On Monday, Ahir got upset by the absence of doctors who didn&#39;t attend an inauguration ceremony in 24x7 pharmacy store in a government hospital in Chandrapur, Maharashtra.

&quot;The organiser was himself absent. I have not spoken against the profession but a particular doctor. Whatever I said was the civil surgeon and no one else. I respect doctors from the bottom of my heart. I just showed my anger on absence of some doctors from the event,&quot; ANI reported Ahir as saying.

At the event, the minister got to know that a civil surgeon was on leave he advised him to <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/union-minister-to-doctors-on-leave-join-the-naxals-well-shoot-you-27733">&quot;join the Naxals&quot;.</a>

Ahir said that he is a minister chosen by democracy and asked why they are on leave knowing his arrival.

He also suggested doctors that if they don&#39;t have faith in democracy then they should join the Naxalite movement.

&quot;If there is no faith in democracy, then join the Naxalite movement; we will shoot you. There is no need to distribute tablets here. Naxalism does not like democracy,&quot; Ahir said.

Chandrapur is the Ahir&#39;s Lok Sabha constituency and the most Naxal affected area including Gadchiroli and Gondia districts.

He explained anger saying that he respects doctors and his outburst was because few doctors were absent from the event

Union Minister Hansraj Ahir has clarified his statement about calling doctors to "join the Naxals". Ahir said he respects the doctors and the remark was an outburst in anger after a few doctors skipped an event which the minister came to attend. On Monday, Ahir got upset by the absence of doctors who didn't attend an inauguration ceremony in 24x7 pharmacy store in a government hospital in Chandrapur, Maharashtra. "The organiser was himself absent. I have not spoken against the profession but a particular doctor. Whatever I said was the civil surgeon and no one else. I respect doctors from the bottom of my heart. I just showed my anger on absence of some doctors from the event," ANI reported Ahir as saying. At the event, the minister got to know that a civil surgeon was on leave he advised him to "join the Naxals". Ahir said that he is a minister chosen by democracy and asked why they are on leave knowing his arrival. He also suggested doctors that if they don't have faith in democracy then they should join the Naxalite movement. "If there is no faith in democracy, then join the Naxalite movement; we will shoot you. There is no need to distribute tablets here. Naxalism does not like democracy," Ahir said. Chandrapur is the Ahir's Lok Sabha constituency and the most Naxal affected area including Gadchiroli and Gondia districts.

Not spoken against the profession: Hansraj Ahir on 'doctors should join Naxals' remark

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