A tragic incident in Patna saw two teenagers drown in the Ganga River while bathing, prompting a search for a third missing boy and highlighting the dangers of bathing in the river.
Two boys drowned in the Ganga in Patna and one was missing after the three friends went to bathe in the river on Wednesday morning, police said.
The incident took place at a ghat in Malsalami police station area in the state capital.
The deceased are residents of Patna's Kankarbagh police station area.
Malsalami SHO Raj Kumar Singh said, "Around 7 am, three boys went to bathe in the Ganga near the barricade but slipped into deep waters. Two of them, identified as Ganesh Kumar and Rohit Kumar, both aged 18, were traced and taken out of the river and rushed to Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH), where doctors declared them dead."
Police, along with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), are actively trying to find the third boy, identified as Shibu Kumar, he added.