UP: Two children drown after slipping into Ganga in Kaushambi

The children were taken to the doctor, where they were declared dead. Read further on Dynamite News

Kaushambi: Two children died after they accidentally slipped into the Ganga River and drowned in the Sandipan Ghat area of Kaushambi District here in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Wednesday.

Police sources said that Shreyansh (8) and Sanoj (10), both residents of Mohanapur village, had gone to eat watermelon in the Ganga basin on Tuesday.

"When they reached the bank of the Ganga with watermelons, suddenly their feet slipped, and they drowned in the deep waters. The farmers living nearby raised an alarm after seeing the two children drowning," they said.

Police Version

Police sources said that the boatmen present nearby jumped into the Ganga and, after a lot of effort, took them out on Tuesday night. "The children were taken to the doctor, where they were declared dead," they said.

Earlier Drowing Incident

In November last year two children drowned in a pit in Deoria district in UP.

According to Dynamite News correspondent, the incident occurred in village Narharpatti of Tarkulwan police station area. The deceased children have been identified as Anubhav and Priti Sharma.

Besides, two children are being treated and their condition is said to be critical.

Children went towards pit while playing

According to the information, the pit was dug in the area by a person. On Wednesday evening around 4 o'clock, two-and- half-year old Preeti, four-year-old Anubhav, four-year-old Gudia and two-year-old Yuvraj went towards the pit while playing.

Villagers Pulled Them Out

All the four children started drowning in the pond. Seeing this, a woman present there raised an alarm. Hearing the woman's scream, the villagers got scared. More and more villagers were assembled there and reached ther spot from where the woman's screams were coming.

There they were amazed to see that four children were struggling in the pond for their life. Somehow they pulled out all the four of the pond.

They immediately rushed all the four children to a nearby hospital.

Children Rushed To Hospital

Later, they were referred to Maharishi Devraha Baba Medical College, where the doctors declared Anubhav and Priti Sharma dead while Gudiya and Yuvraj are receiving treatment.