KANPUR: Ten persons drowned while taking bath in the Ganga on the occasion of Ganga Dussehra, on Thursday. Police said the identity of four bodies is yet to be ascertained.
Amit Yadav alias Baba (18), a resident of Mohalla Jatwara Jadeed in Farrukhabad, and his friend Govind Yadav (17) of Dariba Paschim of the district, had gone to take a bath in the Ganga at Panchal Ghat. When they did not return home till afternoon, their family members launched a search. They found their bicycles parked at the Panchal Ghat and informed the police.