Four kids die in Khandwa district as soil near nullah caves in

INDORE: Four children were killed when soil adjacent to a nullah caved in trapping them under it in Sonpura forest village of Khandwa district on Tuesday.
The children had ventured in the nullah to take a bath and ventured into a cave-like structure created by the water flow, when the soil above them caved in, Khalwa police said.
The deceased – Santosh, 12, Anil, 12, Sushil, 8 and Somati, 8 – got trapped under the soil and asphyxiated to death, they said, adding passersby notified the forest and police officials, who rushed to the spot and dug out the bodies.
The children were sent to a hospital where they were declared brought dead. The bodies were sent for a post-mortem examination.