Two youths drown in river

Two youths, identified as Md Sazid (13) and Md Shamim (14), drowned in a river under mysterious circumstances at Dadidih village under the Mufasil police station area here on Sunday morning. The incident occurred in the morning when the deceased had gone to the river with other friends to take a bath.

In the process the youths advanced upto the middle of the river. Both drowned before the eyes of their friends, police said. local divers and police recovered bodies of the deceased after few hours of the incident. The deceased Md Sazid and Md Shamim belonged to Dadidih village of the district, situated close to the river.

Police sources said that some local youths had decided to bathe in the river. Upon reaching to the river, Md Shamim and Md Sazid and their friends reportedly set out for swimming. “We are probing into the case to find out various possibilities .Prima facie it appears to be a case of drowning,” said police officer. Their bodies were sent for postmortem.