Two teenage boys drown as boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh

Bahraich (UP): Two teenage boys drowned in river Saryu in Fakharpur area in Bahraich after a boat capsized, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred last evening when Luvkush (13) and Vinod (15) had gone to graze their cattle in Bhilaura village and started playing on an empty boat near the river bank, they said.

However, the boat which was not anchored, capsized and the children drowned, police said. The bodies have not been fished out yet, they said.