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MP: 2 schoolkids drown in Kshipra river in Ujjain

INDORE: Two schoolboys drowned in the Kshipra river after they ventured into deep waters in MP 's Ujjain on Friday.


Chirag Rai, 17, of Bapu Nagar and Jayesh Sahu, 16, of Ratan Avenue were visiting the Triveni Moti Nagar Ghat when they playfully moved towards deep waters of Kshipra river, Nanakheda police station in-charge Satnam Singh said.



Eyewitnesses raised an alarm and informed the police. Divers were deployed in the waters and after nearly three hours of toil, they managed to fish out body of Chirag.

As night fell, the divers retreated. Attempts will be made to trace Jayesh’s body in the morning, Singh said.

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