Medininagar (Jharkhand), Oct 22 Two boys drowned while bathing in Koel river in Jharkhand’s Palamu district on Thursday, a police officer said.
The victims have been identified as Dev Kumar (9) and Shubham Kumar (10), SP Kapil Chaudhary said.
The boys had stepped into deep water while bathing in the river near Kandu Mohalla within Town police station limits and drowned, he said.
Locals launched a search operation and recovered the bodies from the river, the officer said.
A police team went to the spot after being informed about the incident and sent the bodies to Medinirai Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem examination.
(PTI News)
