AGRA: Five boys. including two brothers, died in two separate drowning incidents in Agra on Sunday.
Police said six friends, all residents of Baghrena village of Pinahat block, had gone to Chambal canal for a bath around noon. They all were sitting together when Ankit (15) suddenly slipped into the canal. He tried to come out but due to the heavy flow of water, he started drowning. In a bid to rescue Ankit, his friends, Bhola (18), Shiva (14) and Golu (18) jumped into the canal.
While Golu was saved by some people who pulled him out with a towel, his other friends drowned. Police reached the spot and called divers, who took three victims out of the canal after discharge of water was stopped for half an hour. Police took all of them to the community health centre from where they were referred to SN Medical College. Doctors at the medical college declared them dead.
According to information, Ankit, who was a student of class X, was the only son of his parents, while Bhola was the youngest among seven siblings.
In another incident, two brothers, Suneel (12) and Yash (5) had gone to the Parvati river for a bath when they drowned. Their parents, Yatendra Kumar and his wife Kasan Devi, who are residents of Nagla Beria village in Saiyan block, were working in their field at the time of the accident.
Police said that when their children did not return after an hour, they went to check on them and found them drowning in the river. By the time the boys were fished out of the water, they were dead, the police said.
Police said six friends, all residents of Baghrena village of Pinahat block, had gone to Chambal canal for a bath around noon. They all were sitting together when Ankit (15) suddenly slipped into the canal. He tried to come out but due to the heavy flow of water, he started drowning. In a bid to rescue Ankit, his friends, Bhola (18), Shiva (14) and Golu (18) jumped into the canal.
While Golu was saved by some people who pulled him out with a towel, his other friends drowned. Police reached the spot and called divers, who took three victims out of the canal after discharge of water was stopped for half an hour. Police took all of them to the community health centre from where they were referred to SN Medical College. Doctors at the medical college declared them dead.
According to information, Ankit, who was a student of class X, was the only son of his parents, while Bhola was the youngest among seven siblings.
In another incident, two brothers, Suneel (12) and Yash (5) had gone to the Parvati river for a bath when they drowned. Their parents, Yatendra Kumar and his wife Kasan Devi, who are residents of Nagla Beria village in Saiyan block, were working in their field at the time of the accident.
Police said that when their children did not return after an hour, they went to check on them and found them drowning in the river. By the time the boys were fished out of the water, they were dead, the police said.