Ara (Bihar), Oct 17 Four people, including three minors, drowned in the Sone river in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Saturday, a police officer said.
A man who jumped into the river to rescue the children also died.
The deceased were identified as Akash Kumar (15), Prem Kumar (10), Siddhant Kumar (16) and Sudhir Kumar (25).
“The incident took place at Tirthkaul ghat under the jurisdiction of Sandesh police station. According to villagers, three boys drowned while bathing in the Sone river. Sudhir Kumar who jumped into the river to rescue them also drowned,” Sushil Kumar, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO, Sadar-1), Bhojpur, told reporters.
After receiving the information, police reached the spot and bodies of all four were fished out by the personnel of the State Disaster Relief Force (SDRF).
The bodies have been sent for the postmortem, the police officer said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the next of kin of those who drowned, according to an official statement.
(PTI News)
