NEW DELHI: Three teenage boys died after drowning in Yamuna river, while one was rescued by local divers, early on Sunday.
The deceased were aged around 15 and lived with their families in Brijpuri of northeast Delhi. Police have initiated inquest proceedings into the incident. A PCR call was made by a passerby around 5.30am informing that four children were drowning in the river near Sur Ghat at north Delhi’s Wazirabad.
A police team rushed to the spot and found that the local divers had rescued one of the boys, but the other three had allegedly drowned.
An operation was launched to retrieve the bodies and the divers eventually fished out the three bodies. They were rushed to a hospital but declared dead on arrival.
The boy who was saved was identified as Bunty (15). His brother, Somveer (16), died. The other two deceased were identified as Pankaj and Sumit who were aged around 15 years, a police officer said
According to police, the four boys had gone for a morning walk at 5am at a nearby park. From the park, they planned to go to Sur Ghat to swim in the river. According to Bunty, some construction work of Delhi Metro was going on near the ghat so the boys went ahead and jumped into the river.
