Two youths have died due to drowning while taking bath in Siktia Dam located within the jurisdiction of Chitra police station area of Deoghar district here on Thursday.
It is being said that on Thursday morning, five youths had gone to the dam to take a bath.During the course of bathing, two young men went into deep waters, where they drowned. The bodies of two of the five youths have been recovered.
They have been identified as Ujjwal Kumar and Rajnish Kumar, residents of Sahara, Jarmundi in Dumka district. At the same time, two youths have come out of the water by swimming. No trace of the fifth young man has been found so far while divers are searching for the young man.
Sources said that the youths had come to participate in the ongoing yagya in Chitra in Deoghar.However five youth reached at Sikatia Dam on Thursday morning to take bath together.
Sources said that the youth had no idea of the depth of the dam while the flow of water was fast as the gate of the dam was open and two youths got trapped under deep water. While three youths stepped up forward in the water to save the friends.
Seeing three people drowning in the water, two youths came out. The matter was informed to the people by them. After getting information about the incident, the police team reached the spot and the bodies of two youths were pulled out from the water with the help of divers and they were looking for one. After the incident, a huge crowd of people gathered near the dam. The condition of the family is miserable by crying after knowing the incident.