Four persons, including two girls, of a family drowned in a lake near their farm at Kumasi village in Kalaburagi taluk on Sunday evening.
The deceased have been identified as Amatus Tagur (13), Mariam Ubedulla Rehaman (16), Fadul Rehaman (23) and Basir Alikhan (29), all residents of Islamabad Colony in Kalaburagi.
According to police officials, the four had gone to their farm to spend their Sunday holiday. The two girls went to swim in the lake. They suddenly started crying for help. In a bid to save the girls, boys jumped into lake.
However, all of the four met a watery grave.
Published 26 February 2017, 20:05 IST