UP: Three children drown in canal in Mainpuri, one body recovered
May 04, 2024
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 5 : Three children drowned while taking bath in a canal in the Kishni area of Mainpuri district here in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police officials said.
According to the officials, search and rescue teams on Saturday retrieved the body of one of the children while search is on for the other two missing.
Deputy Collector Kishni-Mainpur Prasoon Kashyap said that the incident took place at the Raihar canal of the Kishni Police Station area on Saturday.
"We had received information that 4 children had come here together to bathe. Unfortunately, this incident occurred and three children out of the four are missing, and one child who was rescued is out of danger and undergoing treatment in the local hospital. We are trying to search for the missing children," he said.
"We have even called a State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team from Agra," he added.
Further details are awaited.
