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Tragedy Strikes Barabanki: Two Cousins Drown in Kalyani River
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News18•04-10-2026, 10:15
Tragedy Strikes Barabanki: Two Cousins Drown in Kalyani River
- •Two cousins, Amit (14) and Raj (13), drowned in the Kalyani river in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh.
- •The incident occurred on Saturday evening when the Class 8 students were playing near the river in Krishna Nagar village.
- •Family members initiated a search when the boys did not return home.
- •Villagers discovered one of the children floating in the river.
- •Police transported the boys to Ghungheter Community Health Centre, where they were declared dead; bodies sent for postmortem.
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Two cousins, 14-year-old Amit and 13-year-old Raj, drowned in the Kalyani river in Krishna Nagar village on Saturday evening while out playing. After villagers spotted one of them floating and pulled them out, police rushed the boys to the Ghungheter Community Health Centre, where doctors declared them dead and sent their bodies for a postmortem.
The drowning incident took place in the Kalyani river located in Krishna Nagar village within Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district.
The victims were 14-year-old Amit and 13-year-old Raj, who were both Class 8 students.