Two students drown while bathing in Hooghly river in Kolkata
The 13-year-old victims were students of Jamalia Arabia Madrasha and were caught in strong currents near Mousi Ghat on Sunday.
Two 13-year-old boys drowned while bathing in the Hooghly river near Mousi Ghat in Burrabazar on Sunday, according to The Times of India.
The victims, Mohammad Islam from Sitamarhi in Bihar and Abdul Sadique from Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas, were students of Jamalia Arabia Madrasha on Rabindra Sarani.
Police said the incident occurred around 7:00 a.m. when the two students and a 38-year-old madrasa resident, Md Gulab Rabbani, entered the river to bathe.
While locals rescued Rabbani, the two teenagers were caught in strong currents and went missing underwater.
A Kolkata Police Disaster Management Group team retrieved the bodies around 8:35 a.m., but doctors at Medical College & Hospital declared them dead.
The North Port Police Station has registered two Unnatural Death cases, and inquest and post-mortem examinations have been conducted.