Bamer: Three children, including two brothers, have died after drowning in the Banas River in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district on Wednesday. The three bodies were recovered after a rescue operation carried out later that night, police said.
The deceased --- Chandu (14), son of Rajuram, and Galaram (12) and Kalu (10) sons of Bhanaram --- are residents of Manpur near Abu Road. They had gone for a swim following a cricket game near the local airstrip.
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Their families started searching for the trio after they did not return home.
A rescue operation was initiated with the help of a team of divers after the boys’ clothes and a cricket bat was discovered near the riverbank around 9.30 pm. Police and civil administration were informed too, station house officer (SHO) of Abu Road Police Station Harchand Dewasi said.
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“The bodies were retrieved after two to three hours of intensive search, all three were pulled out from a deep pit in the river. They were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival,” Dewasi added.
{{/usCountry}}“The bodies were retrieved after two to three hours of intensive search, all three were pulled out from a deep pit in the river. They were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival,” Dewasi added.
{{/usCountry}}The bodies were handed over to the family members on Thursday after postmortem examination were conducted.