A 17-year-old youth drowned in river in Sikandarabad in Ratibad area in the morning on Saturday; youth had gone to take a bath and drowned.
According to the SHO Ratibad Sudesh Tiwari the youth was identified as Farhan Khan who drowned when he had gone to take a bath at the river.
The family and police were informed regarding the accident by the locals who were at the spot.
The body was fished out by the locals and were rushed to hospital where the he was declared dead. Police said that the circumstantial evidence suggests that the youth went to take bath at and later, drowned.
The bodies have been sent for the post mortem and a case under section 174 of the CrPC has been registered by the police.
Police have started further investigation into the matter.Police said that the deceased used to work in the area and was a resident of Sikandarabad.
Meanwhile, a 20-year-old man was electrocuted after he came into contact with live wires at Bijli Colony under Bilkharia police station area on Saturday.
According to police, the deceased Subhash Meena was electrocuted after he came into contact with live wires and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died during treatment.
Police were informed and on the receipt of the information, a police team reached the spot and started investigation. After the preliminary investigation, the body was sent for post-mortem.