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Tragedy in Hardoi: Youth Drowns Saving Cousin, Both Perish in Pond
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News18•22-09-2026, 10:45
Tragedy in Hardoi: Youth Drowns Saving Cousin, Both Perish in Pond
- •A 20-year-old man, Mohit Tripathi, drowned while attempting to save his 11-year-old cousin, Ritik, from drowning in a pond at Hatyaharan Teerth in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh.
- •The incident occurred on Monday evening in the Beniganj Kotwali area when Ritik, from Sitapur, slipped into deep water while bathing.
- •Mohit, an auto-rickshaw driver from Sitapur, jumped in to rescue Ritik but also drowned.
- •Another youth, Raj, entered the pond to help and raised an alarm, leading locals to pull him to safety with ropes and bamboo poles.
- •Ritik and Mohit were later recovered from the pond and declared dead at the Community Health Centre in Kothawan; their bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
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The incident occurred when 20-year-old Ritik slipped into deep water while bathing in a pond, and his 11-year-old cousin Mohit Tripathi drowned while attempting to rescue him.
Another youth named Raj raised an alarm after seeing them drown, prompting locals led by Vinod Dwivedi to pull Raj to safety using ropes and bamboo poles. Ritik and Mohit were subsequently brought out and taken to the Community Health Centre in Kothawan, where doctors declared them dead.
The victims were 20-year-old Ritik from Sitapur and his 11-year-old cousin Mohit Tripathi, who worked as an auto-rickshaw driver and was visiting Hatyaharan Teerth with family members.
