Hyderabad: Four children drowned in a tank in Vikarabad district on Sunday. The victims were identified as the brother-sister pair of Karthikeya (9) and Mary (6), sisters Kartheeka (6) and Shivaneela (10). The kids along with their families had gone to the nearby Burhanpur village to attend a family function.

Kodangal circle inspector N. Srinivas Reddy said that while their parents were busy, the four children and another boy, Venkatesh went to the Thatikunta lake to play. One of them went to relieve himself, walked to the lake and drowned, In an attempt to save him, the other three drowned.

Venkatesh ran home and informed his parents of the incident. Informed by locals, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies of the kids. Karthikeya and Mary were children of V Prabhu of Basheerabad and Kartheeka and Shivaneela, the daughters of K Shyamalaiah.