2 Boys Drown While Bathing in Pond in UP’s Jalaun

Jalaun (UP): Two boys were drowned in a pond while taking a bath in Uttar Pradesh's Jalaun district, police reported on Sunday.

Sohail (10), Akram (11), Arif (9) and Aashiq (12), the residents of Churkhi Bal locality in Jalaun town, went to a nearby pond in the afternoon to take a bath, said Circle Officer (Jalaun) Shailendra Kumar Bajpai.

During this, they went into deep water and started drowning, he added.

Bajpai said that on hearing the screams, a tractor driver Abhi Kumar, who was present nearby, took Aashiq and Arif out of deep water, while Sohail and Akram drowned.

Their bodies were later taken out of the pond, he said and added that the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem examination. 

(With PTI inputs)