YAMUNANAGAR: Three teenagers drowned in the Yamuna river near Dhikka Tapri village in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district on Thursday.
The deceased boys have been identified as Happy (14) of Naharpur village, his cousins Rahul (17) of Saran village and Vishesh Kumar (15) of Barheri village.
Police said that after the postmortem at the civil hospital, their bodies were handed over to their family members.
As per the information, Rahul and Vishesh had come to Happy’s house in Naharpur village a few days ago.
“Happy, his elder brother Vijay, Rahul and Vishesh had left the house on Thursday at about 1pm saying that they were going out to play, but they went towards the Yamuna river.
Vijay remained on the bank of the river, but Happy, Rahul and Vishesh went into the river to take a bath.
Soon, they drowned in the water.
Vijay shouted for help and some people from the nearby Dhikka Tapri village rescued the trio and sent them to a community health centre at Naharpur village where doctors declared them brought dead,” police said.
Haryana: Three boys drown in Yamuna river
