Agra, 12 May (HS):

A major accident occurred at Balkeshwar Ghat in Agra on Tuesday morning. Six

young men and women drowned along with a teenager after jumping into the Yamuna

River in the scorching heat. Seeing them all drown together, panic gripped the

ghat. A large crowd gathered at the scene. Locals immediately informed the

police, following which the local police and a relief team arrived.

Police and local divers immediately started rescue

operations. After a lot of hard work, five young men and women were pulled out

of the Yamuna. Three of them were sent to the emergency ward of SN Hospital for

treatment as their condition was serious, where two young men and one young

woman died. On receiving information about the incident, the family members

also reached the spot. They are inconsolable. After searching for two hours in

the Yamuna, the body of the teenager was also found. Seeing the body of the

teenager, the family members started crying.

DCP City Syed Ali Abbas said that 19-year-old Mehak

daughter of Kalicharan, 22-year-old Kanha son of Rinku Singh, 20-year-old Anshu

daughter of Kalicharan resident of Kunjanpur, Police Station Sadabad and

17-year-old Riya daughter of Manoj, 11-year-old Vicky son of Rakesh had come to

take bath in Yamuna. DCP said that Mehak, Riya, Kanha, Kajal, Anshu have been

taken out of Yamuna river. All of them were sent to SN Hospital's emergency for

treatment, where Kanha, Mehak and Riya died during treatment. Vicky's body was

also taken out from Yamuna.

The family has been in a state of shock since the

incident. Upon learning of the accident, a large crowd gathered at the scene.

After much effort, when the body of 11-year-old Vicky was pulled out, the

family members erupted in tears.

After many

prayers, we had a son... Vicky's father broke down on the banks of the

Yamuna River: Rakesh, the father of Vicky, who is missing in the Yamuna River,

said that it was Vicky's aunt's daughter's birthday. Family members had gone

there last night. Today, around 11 a.m., all the children went to take a bath

in the Yamuna River together without informing anyone. He said that after four

daughters, we had a son after a great prayer, but God took that too away.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi