Minors drown while taking bath in Kharra river

New Delhi: Three minors were drowned in Kharra river when they had gone to take bath in Bihar’s Begusarai district on Friday.

Rasulpur SHO Nilesh Kumar said that three chidren drowned in the river Kharra at separate places when they had gone to take bath in the river.

The children, who drowned while taking bath, have been identified as Saurabh Kumar (12), Aman Kumar (10) and Dimple Kumari (12), the SHO said adding that Saurbh Kumar drowned near Chain Tola village while two others drowned near Dhanaura village under the same police station area.

All the three bodies have been fished out from the river with the help of local divers and have been sent to Bhagalpur for post-mortem.