Three boys drown in Yamuna

Faridabad, October 15

Three boys reportedly drowned in the Yamuna, near Chhainsa village, in the district, today.

According to the police, the incident took place at 1.20 pm, when a group of men and women reached the Yamuna ghat, near Chhainsa village, about 22 km from the district headquarters, for immersion of the idol of goddess Durga. Three boys, identified as Anuj (16), son of Sukhbir of Karnera village in the district, and Sumit and Piyush, sons of Karan Singh of Mahipalpur in Delhi, got drifted away in the fast flow of the river. The kin called for help, and some locals tried to trace them. Senior officials of the district administration and the police reached the spot and called divers, who launched a drive to trace the victims. — TNS