Deoria (UP), May 6 (PTI) Four people drowned while taking a bath in the Chhoti Gandak river in this district, police said Monday.

The incident took place in Laalchak village, SHO of Bhatni police station Ashwini Rai said.

The deceased have been identified as Aman Yadav (20), Satyavrat Maurya (20), Shaswat Tripathi (22) and Abhishek Singh (21) who had come to the village to attend a wedding ceremony, the police officer said.

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