Two children died due to drowning while taking bath in Usri river of Udanabad under Muffasil police station area here on Thursday. Both the children are said to be from the same family. The incident has caused mourning in the entire area including the family members. The bodies of the children have been sent to Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.
It is said about the incident that on Thursday afternoon, Mayank Kumar, 12-year-old son of Murli Ram of Udnabad village and Gaurav Kumar, son of Gopal Ram, had gone to Usri river to take a bath. During the sequence of bath, both went into deep water and died due to drowning.
After getting the information, a crowd of villagers gathered and after a lot of effort the bodies of both the children were taken out and sent to Sadar Hospital. Where doctors declared both the children dead.