A youth drowned in the Garga river in Bokaro on Friday.The deceased was identified as Gutam Kumar (15), a resident of Ram Nagar Colony Chas.
Kumar had gone to the river bank to prepare Chhat Puja ghat. While he was preparing the Puja ghat his leg slipped and he lost control and fell down into the river”, added an eyewitness. Several others who were also there to prepare the puja ghat raised an alarm to save Kumar. Thereupon a few youths jumped into the river and fished him out but he was dead, said another eyewitness.Police reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem examination.