Two college students from Pauri district were reported to have been swept away by Alaknanda River on Friday. They are yet to be traced despite the rescue teams consisting of divers from a number of agencies like State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) having been deployed in the river in Srinagar area.
The incident occurred around 10 am when the duo was bathing in the river. As they were in the area marked as danger zone they were swept away in the strong current of the river at Koteshwar area, police said.It is learnt that Manpreet, native of Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) and Ankit Kumar, resident of Jaspur (Udham Singh Nagar), had moved into the river at a desolate place near Koteshwar around 9.45 am on Friday. As they advanced strong current swept them away. Informing this, Srinagar Police Station in-charge inspector Uttam Singh said police had acted swiftly and teams formed to trace the bodies were working hard. "However, none of the two bodies has been recovered so far," he added.