Ara: Four people, including three boys, drowned in the Sone river at Tirthkaul ghat under Sandesh police station in Bhojpur district on Saturday morning. While three boys drowned while bathing in the Sone river, a youth who jumped into the river to rescue them also drowned.The three boys were identified as Akash Kumar (15), Prem Kumar (10) and Siddhant Kumar (16), all residents of Tirthkaul village. The youth was identified as Sudhir Kumar (25).On receiving information, Sandesh block development officer (BDO) Vinesh Kumar and Sandesh SHO Sanjeev Kumar, along with police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel, reached the spot and launched a search operation. All four bodies were later recovered and sent to Sadar hospital, Ara, for post-mortem.Ara Sadar sub-divisional police officer-1 Sushil Kumar said immediately after the incident, a search and rescue operation was launched by the SDRF and all the four bodies were taken out from the river. “The bodies have been sent to the Ara Sadar Hospital for postmortem,” he added.Vinod Sharma, father of Akash, said, “I don’t know when my son went to the riverbank along with other children of the village. I have lost him. Two other children and a youth also drowned.”The BDO said, “According to the villagers, some children had come to take a bath in the Sone river. While taking bath, three of them drowned, while a youth also lost his life while trying to save the children from drowning.”
