Four boys drowned in
Azamgarh,
Ghazipur and
Sonebhadra districts on Saturday.
Nitish (6) and his cousin Rajan (10) had taken their goats for grazing near a pond in Kolhua village in Saraimeer in Azamgarh district. They jumped into the pond for bathing and slipped in deep water and drowned. There bodies were fished out.
In Ghazipur, Munna (13) had gone to a canal in Atraula Bairao village in Sadat with his uncle for bathing where he drowned.
In Sonebhadra district, Pawan of Durgeshwar village in Pannuganj drowned while bathing in Kuda Rajwaha canal.
Woman dies in accident: Gayatri Yadav (58) was killed while her son Anup (14) suffered injuries when a tractor ran over them near Baijuvapur village in Bilariaganj in Azamgarh district on Saturday morning.