<p>Nashik: Two minor boys drowned in a pond in Maharashtra's Nashik city while trying to catch crabs, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Sanjeevanagar located on Ambad-Satpur link road.</p>.<p>The two boys along with another friend went to the pond located at a farm near their houses, a police official said.</p>.<p>While trying to catch crabs, the victims, aged 8 and 11 and residents of Viratnagar, slipped into the water. They could not ascertain the water depth and drowned, he said.</p>.Fans, computers worth Rs 61,000 stolen from Thane school during Ganpati festival holidays; cops launch probe.<p>Their friend saw them drowning and rushed to inform their parents.</p>.<p>After receiving information, the parents of the boys, their relatives and neighbours reached the spot. They also informed the police and fire brigade about the incident.</p>.<p>Later, police and fire brigade personnel launched a rescue operation, but could not save the two minors.</p>.<p>The two bodies were fished out of the pond late Sunday evening, the police said.</p>.<p>The Ambad police have registered a case of accidental death and were conducting an investigation into the incident, they said. </p>
<p>Nashik: Two minor boys drowned in a pond in Maharashtra's Nashik city while trying to catch crabs, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Sunday afternoon in Sanjeevanagar located on Ambad-Satpur link road.</p>.<p>The two boys along with another friend went to the pond located at a farm near their houses, a police official said.</p>.<p>While trying to catch crabs, the victims, aged 8 and 11 and residents of Viratnagar, slipped into the water. They could not ascertain the water depth and drowned, he said.</p>.Fans, computers worth Rs 61,000 stolen from Thane school during Ganpati festival holidays; cops launch probe.<p>Their friend saw them drowning and rushed to inform their parents.</p>.<p>After receiving information, the parents of the boys, their relatives and neighbours reached the spot. They also informed the police and fire brigade about the incident.</p>.<p>Later, police and fire brigade personnel launched a rescue operation, but could not save the two minors.</p>.<p>The two bodies were fished out of the pond late Sunday evening, the police said.</p>.<p>The Ambad police have registered a case of accidental death and were conducting an investigation into the incident, they said. </p>