Jamshedpur: Three drown in Kharkai river

Jamshedpur Mar 22 (UNI) Three boys have drowned in the Kharkai river located under Burma Mines police station area of the East Singhbhum district.

Police said that after celebrating Holi, a group of six boys yesterday had gone to bathe in the river when suddenly they started drowning. One of them some how managed to swim back while two others were rescued by the locals.

Unfortunately three others were drowned.

Local divers who were pressed into service today found the body of one Gourav Singh (17) while search was still on for Suraj Kumar (15)and Abhishek Pandey (16). All of them hailed from Lala Baba foundry of Shiv Nagar area.

On the other hand the family members said that their children had gone to the river on motorcycles without informing them.