A picnic turned tragic for three teenage boys in Madhya Pradesh`s Seoni district who drowned while bathing in a river, police said.

The incident occurred at 4 pm on Monday at the Hirri river near Jenwara village under the Barghat police station area, an official said. Barghat police station in-charge Prasann Sharma said the deceased, all aged 16 years, had gone to the river for a picnic with another friend. When their friend went to bring breakfast, the trio entered the river to bathe, he said.