The two used to set out early in the morning to exercise as they were preparing for police recruitment. They went for a bath in the river and drowned after failing to gauge the depth of the water. A friend who accompanied them alerted others, an official said
The bodies were handed over to their families after post mortem at the rural hospital in Amgaon, an official said. Representational Pic/File
Two teenagers drowned in Bagh river in Maharashtra's Gondia district on Sunday morning, an official said, adding that both were preparing for police recruitment, reported the PTI.
District Disaster Management Office functionary Rajan Choubey identified the deceased as Krishnakumar Hetram Pardhi (17) and Shubham Bhimrao Kamble (19), both residents of Poketola in Amgaon tehsil.
"The two used to set out early in the morning to exercise as they were preparing for police recruitment. They went for a bath in the river and drowned after failing to gauge the depth of the water. A friend who accompanied them alerted others. The bodies were retrieved by local fisherfolk," he said, according to the PTI.
The bodies were handed over to their families after post mortem at the rural hospital in Amgaon, he added.
Amgaon police have registered a case and further probe is underway, the official said.
Three family members drown in Ganga in UP's Raebareli
Meanwhile, in an another incident, three members of a family, including a father and son, from Amethi drowned in the Ganga river at Dalmau Ghat here on Sunday, police said, according to the PTI.
The incident took place during an 'Asthi Visarjan' (the sacred practice of immersing the ashes of a departed individual into a holy river or water body), they said.
A group of nine individuals from Palpur, Jagdishpur Kotwali area in Amethi, had arrived at Dalmau Ganga Ghat this morning for the ritual, police said.
Four members of the group reportedly ventured into deeper water during immersion and began to drown, they said.
Their companions immediately raised an alarm, attracting the attention of nearby local divers and onlookers. Swift action by the divers led to the rescue of one youth, but three individuals succumbed to the swift currents.
"The deceased have been identified as Chandra Kumar Kaushal (60), Balchandra Kaushal (47) and his son Aryan (17)," said Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, as per the PTI.
Upon receiving information about the incident, the police personnel immediately arrived at the scene.
The bodies of the deceased were recovered and taken for post-mortem, police said, the news agency reported.
(with PTI inputs)
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