Yadgir, Aug. 19 -- The bodies of a nine-year-old girl and a two-and-a-half-year-old boy were recovered from an irrigation canal in Karnataka's Yadgir district after their father allegedly pushed them into the canal, police said on Wednesday.

Yadgir Superintendent of Police Pruthvik Shankar said the body of the boy, around three years old, was recovered around 3:30 pm, while the body of his nine-year-old sister, a Class 4 student, was found around 5:30-6 pm during a search operation carried out with the Fire Department.

"Yesterday we received a 112 emergency response call from a person by the name of Shantappa. He called the police control room and mentioned that he has pushed two of his children into the canal in Bigudi limits," the SP ...