ALMORA: A 23-year-old Haldwani resident, Paras Singh, drowned in the Ramganga in Almora’s Chaukhutia village on Tuesday. The incident took place at 11 am when Paras came to take a bath in the river along with his friends. However, he entered deep waters and started drowning. His friends tried to save him but they couldn't pull him out in time.
Later, his body was sent to Ranikhet for postmortem.
According to naib tehsildar Hemant Singh Mehra, Paras was a college student, and his father is an auto-driver in Haldwani.