UP Tragedy: 17-Year-Old Boy Slips Into Well While Bathing in Hamirpur, Dies

Hamirpur: In a tragic incident, a 17-year-old boy drowned after slipping into a well while bathing in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district, police said on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Yashwant, a Class 10 student. 

According to the police, the victim was bathing in a well outside his house around noon. 

Boy Fell Into 40-50 Feet Deep Well

The boy fell into the well, which was nearly 40–50 feet deep and filled with water. 

Police said that he was rushed to a nearby medical facility, where he was declared brought dead. 

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The body has been taken into custody and sent for a postmortem, cops added.

Meanwhile, a 20-year-old engineering student drowned while bathing in the Ganga river in Uttarakhand's Rishikesh earlier this month.

State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) officials said the body of Vaibhav Sharma, a second-year B.Tech student of ABES College in Ghaziabad, has been recovered. 

The victim hailed from from Baraut in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh.

The incident occurred at Mastram Ghat in Lakshmanjhula area when Sharma, along with his three friends, had come to Rishikesh for a visit. While bathing in the river, he slipped and was swept away, the officials said.

Upon receiving information, an SDRF team launched a search operation. After an intensive search of around 30 minutes, divers recovered his body at a depth of 20 to 25 feet, they added.