Five youths drown in Hazara canal in UP's Kasganj

• Five young men drown in Hazara canal in Kasganj district 
• They were a group of 9 who had gone to the canal in the Nadrai area for a bath
• They slipped into the deep waters, rescue teams saved 4 

A tragic incident unfolded in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district as five young men lost their lives due to drowning in the Hazara canal. The victims, identified as Shahid, Abhishek, Salman, Asif, and Jahid, aged between 16 and 22 and hailing from Etah district, had gone to the canal in the Nadrai area for a bath on Friday. However, they slipped into the deep waters, overwhelmed by the strong current.

Upon hearing their cries for help, passersby alerted the authorities, police and rescue teams were informed who immediately sprung into action and managed to rescue four of the group of 9.

As per reports, "Local police, along with the SDRF teams, started the rescue operation and fetched out two bodies on Friday only. On Saturday, rescue operations were relaunched, and three more dead bodies were fetched out and sent for post-mortem."

This was a day after two girls of the same family, aged 13 and 9 respectively, who were sisters, died while bathing in a pond in Ratibad on Friday morning, the police said. The duo had gone to the pond along with their mother, who had to work in the farm fields.