Tribune News Service

Nawanshahr, May 29

Four youths of Ward No.4 of Balachaur town, who had reportedly jumped into the Sutlej to get relief from the scorching heat this afternoon, drowned.

The youths – Hardeep Kumar, Mani, Sandeep and Happy — came to Auliapur village on their bikes along with other youths around 2.30 pm. Four of them drowned and could not be found.

DSP, Balachaur, Tarlochan Singh said their bikes, clothes and footwear were found along the Sutlej. “We had deployed professional divers from Ropar, who after five hours of effort finally managed to pull out the bodies,” he said.