1 killed, 3 feared drown in river

Varanasi: One boy was killed while three others were feared drowned in river Sone while bathing near Kudari village under the limits of Jugail police station in Sonbhadra district on Saturday morning.
All the boys, who aged around 14, belonged to Lam Sarayi village of Gadhwa area in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. Police are continuing search operation with the help of local divers for three missing boys
SP Sonbhadra Ashish Srivastava said that Kudari village of Sonbhadra district is located along river Sone while Lam Sarayi village, which falls in MP, is on the opposite bank. Four adolescent boys including Anand of Lam Sarayi village had come to Kudari, where they started bathing in river Sone. While bathing they slipped in deep water, said police adding, on hearing their cries people in nearby area ran towards the incident site.
However, before they could start efforts to rescue operation the boys went inside the water. Srivastava said that Jugail cops engaged local divers, who after succeeded in searching the body of Anand. Despite continuing the search drive till late evening other missing boys could not be searched, said Srivastava adding, the search operation will continue on Sunday morning.