Assam: 3 boys drown while bathing in river

Three boys drowned in a river in Assam's Kokrajhar district, police said on Saturday.

The incident happened in Patharghat village in Kokrajhar police station area on Friday when the boys were bathing in the Gaurang river, they said.

They were identified as Sujan Barman (10), Siba Barman (7) and Manoj Dey (9), police said.

Their family members with the help of police could recover the bodies of Sujan and Siba on Friday, while Manoj's body was fished out on Saturday morning, they added.

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