Tragedy struck Kadambu village near Vittal when three boys, who had gone for a swim in a nearby stream, drowned on Wednesday morning.
With a holiday on the account of Independence Day, Pradip (14), a class 9 student, Tilak and Dhanraj, both 14 years and studying in class 10, had gone to the Kedumule or ‘Saar’ stream with a group of friends around 11 a.m. It was then that the three were swept away from the group and went underwater.