India News | Three Drown in Gomti River in UP's Sultanpur

Sultanpur (UP), Mar 8 (PTI) Three youths drowned and another went missing while taking a bath in the Gomti river after celebrating Holi, police here said on Wednesday.

The four youths reached the Sitakund Ghat at Kotwali Nagar to bathe around 3 pm. When one of them started drowning, the others tried to save him. All four drowned, Superintendent of Police Somen Burma said.

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Upon receiving information, senior officials rushed to the spot to monitor the rescue operations, the police said.

Three youths -- Amit Rathore (30), Gaya Prasad (28) and Rudra Kumar (18) -- were brought out of the water and taken to a hospital where doctors declared them dead. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem, they added.

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Local divers are conducting a search operation for the missing youth, the police said.

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