Latest News | Chhattisgarh: Two Boys Feared Drowned in Dam

Raipur, Aug 28 (PTI) Two 16-year-old boys were feared to have drowned in a dam in Chhattisgarh's Raipur on Sunday, police said.

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The incident took place at the dam constructed on Kharun river under Mujgahan police station limits in the morning, an official said.

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"A group of around six teenagers had gone to the dam for bathing," he said, adding that two of them entered deep waters and were swept away by a strong current.

An operation was launched to trace the boys, identified as Kunal Nagarchi and Krish Pandey, both residents of Raipur, he added.

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