A 42-year-old man and his two minor daughters <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/tragedy-in-navi-mumbai-two-minor-boys-drown-in-pond-in-vashis-kopri-village-23656304" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">drowned while bathing</a> at Beze dam in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Wednesday morning, officials said, reported the PTI.
The incident took place at around 10 am when the three went to the dam near Anjneri Shivar in Trimbakeshwar taluka.
According to officials, the family had visited a relative's house near the dam. The father and his two daughters subsequently went to the water for a bath but failed to gauge its depth and drowned.
Local residents alerted the rescue agencies after learning about the incident. Rescue personnel rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies from the water, an official from the Trimbakeshwar administration said.
<h2>Three family members lose their lives</h2>
The deceased have been identified as Suresh Namdev Bhor (42) and his daughters Jyoti Suresh Bhor (10) and Harshada Suresh Bhor (7). All three were residents of Waghere village in Igatpuri taluka of Nashik district, according to the PTI.
The incident has claimed the lives of three members of the same family, including two young girls aged 10 and seven.
The bodies were subsequently fished out of the dam following the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/raigad-tragedy-alandi-civic-body-seals-coaching-centre-after-eight-students-drown-in-diveagar-23653090" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">rescue operation</a>.
<h2>Three girls drown in pond while bathing in Patna</h2>
In a separate incident, three <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/bihar-four-girls-drown-while-bathing-in-east-champaran-pond-23653018" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">girls drowned in a pond</a> while bathing in Bihar's Patna district on Tuesday morning, with one of them dying after being rushed to hospital, police said, as per the PTI.
The incident took place at around 10.30 am in Hinduni village, which falls under the Phulwarisharif police station limits.
According to officials, one of the girls began drowning while bathing in the pond. When the other two girls saw her struggling in the water, they tried to rescue her but also got caught in the water and began drowning.
Hearing their cries for help, local residents rushed to the spot and pulled all three girls out of the pond.
Police received information about the incident at around 11 am and rushed to the spot.
"Two of them had already died while the third succumbed to injuries during treatment at a hospital," Phulwarisharif Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Narayan Upadhyay told reporters, according to the PTI.
The bodies of the deceased girls were sent for <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/diveagar-beach-drowning-eight-students-drown-at-diveagar-beach-in-maharashtras-raigad-all-bodies-recovered-23652867" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">post-mortem examinations</a>, police said.
Further proceedings in connection with the incident are underway.
<h2>Girls attempt to save friend</h2>
According to officials, the incident occurred when one of the girls got into difficulty while bathing in the pond. The other two attempted to save her but ended up drowning themselves, as per the PTI.
Local residents managed to pull the girls out after hearing their cries for help. However, two of them could not be saved, while the third later died during treatment.
(with PTI inputs)

Nashik tragedy: A 42-year-old man and his two daughters, aged 10 and 7, drowned while bathing at Beze dam in Maharashtra`s Nashik district on Wednesday morning

Nashik tragedy: Father, two daughters aged 10 and 7 drown while bathing at dam in Maharashtra's Nashik

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The family had visited a relative's house near the dam. The father and his two daughters subsequently went to the water for a bath but failed to gauge its depth and drowned, officials said

Father, two daughters aged 10 and 7 drown while bathing at dam in Maharashtra's Nashik

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