Rajgarh, July 7 -- A woman and two children lost their lives after drowning in a water-filled pit in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district, police said.

The incident occurred in Jaganapura village under the Biaora police station area in the district on Monday afternoon between 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM. Upon learning about the incident, the police rushed to spot, recovered the bodies and sent them for the post mortem.

Biaora police station in-charge, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, informed that there is a crusher plant in Jagniyapura village and there are some pits near the plant which were filled with water. Around 25 to 30 families of the Pardhi community, comprising nearly 100 to 150 people, lived nearby and they used the water collected in these pits ...