Two Kanwariyas among four drown

VARANASI: In two separate incidents four boys, including two Kanwariyas, drowned in Sonebhadra and Mirzapur districts on Sunday.
A group of 50 Kanwariyas from Robertsganj had gone to Patwadh village, falling under the jurisdiction of Chopan police, to collect water from Sone river in Sonebhadra to offer Jalabhishek at Dandayit Mahadeo temple. During bathing in Sone river, Rishi Jaiswal (12) and Ankit (11) slipped in deep water.Before other Kanwariyas could rescue the two boys drowned. The local divers managed to fish out the bodies after three hours.
In Mirzapur, two boys drowned in a waterlogged area adjacent to a brick kiln in Gadesar village, in the jurisdiction of Vindhyachal police, on Sunday morning. Some boys were playing in the waterlogged area near a brick kiln. Two of them identified as Pramod Tiwari (14) and Ajit Yadav (12) slipped and drowned. The villagers fished out their bodies.