Seven Boys of Same Family Drown in Rajasthan

Jaipur: Seven boys of the same family drowned in the Banganga River in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district on Sunday.

The victims were in the age group of 16 to 21 from the Bayana town of the Bharatpur district.

According to police sources, eight boys were taking batch in the river when they got stuck inside trenches in the river bed formed due to illegal mining. One of them managed to escape death by clutching a tree branch.

The villagers along with police officials rushed to the spot. But they failed to rescue the victims in time.

All seven bodies have been retrieved from the river.

A pall of gloom descended on the Bayana town after the news of the death of young boys spread in the area.