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Three children, including a pair of siblings, died in two separate incidents, drowning in lakes near Vaniyambadi and Polur towns of Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai districts respectively.
Police said the deceased were identified as M. Jothika (8) and her brother M. Jothi (7), and S. Hrithikroshan (4). The siblings were the children of agricultural labourer S. Murugan (37) and his wife M. Devi (32), residents of Kothakottai village near Vaniyambadi town in Tirupattur. Jothika and her brother had gone to a nearby lake to give a bath to their pet dog, when they slipped and fell into the lake.
